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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Adult Male--Upper parts olive green; middle of crown scarlet (partly concealed); under parts whitish; wing has two whitish bars. Length--4.41.
Breeding Range--The higher mountains, and from the northern border of the United States northward.
The nest, usually pensile or semi-pensile, is placed at from twelve to thirty feet from the ground, and is made of mosses, strips of soft bark, and feathers. The eggs, 5 to 9 in number, are whitish, with spots of light brown, chiefly at the larger end. Size--.59 x .43.
The descriptions of the nests of these Kinglets are taken (in brief) mainly from Davie's "Nests and Eggs of North American Birds."
*" The Auk," v., pp. 337-344.