Entry 130. Regulus satrapa olivaceus. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet.
Both kinglets are common on Shasta and doubtless breed in the Shasta firs of the Canadian zone. The golden-crown was often seen and heard at Wagon Camp, where it was collected July 18. It was also common just within the lower edge of the fir forest in Mud Creek Canyon July 23, and a couple of miles higher up about the end of the month. C.H. Townsend obtained specimens at timberline in July, 1883.
Golden-crowned Kinglet © 2000 Doug Von Gausig.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Western Golden-crowned Kinglet
Entry 131. Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
The ruby-crown was frequently heard by various members of the expedition, and at different altitudes, from Wagon Camp in the lower edge of the Shasta firs, to timberline, where one was collected by W.H. Osgood August 4. In 1883 C.H. Townsend obtained two specimens, one at timberline August 15, the other at an elevation of about 6,000 feet September 2.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets © 1998 Doug Von Gausig.
Above excerpts from
Results of a Biological Survey of Mount Shasta, California
by C. Hart Merriam, 1899.
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