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cadence tliat liolds you entranced,'' but wliile with us the 

 bird's only note is an impatient chlnip^ c/iu/ip, suggest- 

 ing the Song Sparrow's call-note. 



The Carolina Wren is a more southern bird than the 

 House Wren. It is of only local distribution north of 

 Carolina Wren, southern New Jersey, and is rarely 

 Tkrj'dhnru^ found north of the vicinity of New 



ludovicianus. York city, where it appears to be in- 

 creasing in numbers and is found throughout tlie year. 

 This Wren is half an inch longer and decidedly heavier 

 than the House Wren ; its upper parts are bright cinna- 

 mon, its under parts washed with the same color, and 

 a conspicuous white line passes from the bill over the 

 eye. 



The Carolina Wren is an exceedingly musical bird, 

 and its loud whistled calls are among the most character- 

 istic l)ird notes in the South. They are numerous and 

 varied, the most common resembling the syllables whee- 

 ndel^ ichee-udel, ichee-iidel, and tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea- 

 kettle. 



The haunts of most marsli-inlial)iting birds are as 



sliarply deiined as the limits of their ranges. The Long- 



^.„ , billed Marsh Wren is not known in 



Long-billed 



Marsh Wren, ^hc East north of Massachusetts, but I 



cietothoruH j><iiu.<tris. would as soou cxpcct to find one of 



Plate LXix. these birds in Greenland as out of a 



marsh. They arrive from the South early in May and 



remain until October, living in marshes where cat-tails 



grow, to which they may attach their bulky, globular 



nests of reeds and grasses. With the superabundant 



vigor of Wrens they build more nests than they can 



possibly occupy, and many will be examined before the 



five to six dark brown eggs are found. 



The Marsh Wren is quite as active and irrepressible 



as the other members of his family. His call is the cus- 



