FAMILY TroglodytidcB 



clear and may be heard a long distance away. 

 In the Puget Sound district this bird has 

 what is called its 'Svaterfall song," a beauti- 

 ful liquid trill of a dozen notes, uttered 

 rapidly, in a descending scale, and unlike 

 the song of any other bird in the North- 

 w^est. 



The Seattle wren is a shyer bird than the 

 house wren and keeps closer to the thickets 

 where there is shelter in which to dive when 

 danger threatens. Its nest is tucked into any 

 convenient nook or corner about old build- 

 ings, in hollow logs and cavities in trees. It 

 seldom accepts a bird box, preferring the 

 shelter of the woods rather than the dis- 

 turbance and noise about dwellings. 



Although the Seattle wren is more or less 

 migratory it is found most of the year through- 

 out its range, living in the dense woods during 

 cold weather, though often appearing in the 

 open glades to whistle a low sweet song when 

 the sun breaks through the wintry clouds. 



Western house wren, Troglodytes cedon 



parkmani, 4.75 



Distribution: Western United States and 



Canada from British Columbia, Alberta and 



Manitoba south to Mexico, and from the 



Mississippi Valley to the Pacific Coast. 



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