316 North American Birds Eggs, 



7 I 9e. Northwest Bewick Wren. T. h .rfdophoiiu.s. 



Kange.— Pacitic coast from Oregon to British Columbia. 



These last two sub-species have recently been separated from Vigors Wren, 

 but their habits and eggs remain the same as those of that variety. 



7 19.1. San Clemente Wren. Thrijoinaitrs kucophrys. 



Kange. — San Clemente Island, California. 



This species is similar to Vigors Wren but is grayer and paler above. It is 

 not peculiar in its nesting habits and the eggs are like those of bewickii. 



720. Guadalupe Wren. Thryomanesbrevicaudus. 

 Range. — Guadalupe Island. 

 A very similar species to the Vigors Wren; nesting habits and the eggs are 



not apt to differ in any respect. 



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721. House Wren. Troglodytes aedon. 



Range. — North America east of the Mississippi, breeding from 

 the Gulf north to Manitoba and Ontario; winters in the southern 

 half of the United States. 



This familiar and noisy little Wren is the most abundant and 



widely distributed of the Wrens; they are met with on the edges 



[Pinkish white.] of woods, swamps, fields, pastures, orchards and very frequently 



build about houses, in bird houses or any nook that may suit them; they fill 



f , the cavity of the place they may select with twigs, grass, feathers, plant down, 



^T^si-v etc., and lay from five to nine eggs in a set and frequently three sets a j^ear, 



^w^_^ ' The eggs are pinkish white, very profusely and minutely dotted with pale 



reddish brown so as to make the egg appear to be a nearly uniform salmon 



color and with a wreath of darker spots about the large end. Size .65 x .52. 



,^^ Data.— Gretna, N. Y., May 29, 1896. Nest three feet from the ground in cavity 



'^ of an apple tree; made of twigs and grass, and lined with hair and feathers. 



Collector, L. S. Horton. 



721a. Parkman Wren. T. a. parkmanii. 



Range. — Pacific coast from British Columbia southward. 



The habits and eggs of this variety are the same in every particular as those 

 of the eastern House Wren. 



721b. Western House Wren. T. a. aztccus. 



Range.— United States, from the Mississippi Valley to eastern California. 



This variety is grayer above and below than the eastern form, but its habits 

 and eggs do not differ in any respect. 



722. Winter Wren, Olbiorchilus hiemalis. 

 Range. — Eastern North America, breeding from northern United States north- 

 ward, and south in the Alleghanies to North Carolina; winters in the United 

 States, 



These are the smallest of the Wrens, being but four inches in 



length: they have a very short tail which, like those of theothers, 



is carried erect over the back during excitement or anger. They 



are very sly birds and creep about through stone walls and under 



_ brush like so many mice; they have a sweet song but not as loud 



[White 1 ^^ ^^^^^ °^ ^'^^ House Wren. Their nests are placed in crevices of 



stumps, walls, f)ld buildings or in brush heaps, being made of 



twigs and leaves, lined with feathers. Their eggs, which are laid during May or 



June, are pure white, finelv and sparingly dotted with reddish brown; size 



.60 X .48. 



