WRENS 



song, so distinctive and unusual, as to be 

 always remembered . 



FAMILY TROGLODYTID/E: WRENS 



Seattle wren, Thryomanes hewicki calo- 

 phoniis 5.00 



Distribution: Pacific Coast district of 

 British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. 

 The Vigors wTcn, Baird wren, San Diego 

 wren, San Clements wren and Guadeloupe 

 wren are closely related species of California 

 and the southwest. 



The Seattle w ren is the largest of the family 

 in the northwest and may be distinguished 

 from any other WTen in its range by the dis- 

 tinct white line over the eye. It may be 

 found everywhere from sea level to the Cas- 

 cades in heavy timber, in the dense mixed 

 woods along streams, along the edges of 

 woods roads in the tangle of logs, vines and 

 brush, and about the farms in the brushy 

 fence rows and overgrown pastures. 



The song and call notes of the Seattle WTen 

 are quite different from the other species. 

 It has an alarm note that is almost explosive 

 in its suddenness, a rasping scolding note and 

 two or three different songs according to the 

 season of the year. The song is loud and 

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