WINTER WREN. 



722. Nannus hiemalis. 4 inches. 



Above bright cinnamon, below paler; sides, wings and 

 tail heavily barred with black. 



This is the shortest and most stoutly built Wren that 

 we have. They look very pert with their little stubby 

 tail erect over their back. In most of the United States 

 we only see them in the winter, and they are associated, 

 in my mind, with brush heaps in woods and gardens. 

 They will hide in a small pile of brush, running from side 

 to side, so that it is almost impossible to make them 

 leave it. 



Song. — A rippling flow of melody, not as loud, but 

 more musical than that of the House Wren. 



Nest. — In brush heaps, tin cans, hollow stumps or 

 crevices in unoccupied buildings; made of piles of grass, 

 weeds, etc., lined with feathers; eggs white, sparingly 

 specked with reddish brown (.65x.50). 



Range. — Eastern N. A., breeding from the northern 

 edge of the U. S. northward; winters from its breeding 

 range to the Gulf. 



