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cadence that holds yon entranced," but while with us the 

 bird's only note is an impatient chimp, chimp, 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 

 Thryothorw found north of the vicinity of New 



ludovirianus. y rk city, where it appears to be in- 

 creasing in numbers and is found throughout the 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 bird notes in the South. They are numerous and 

 varied, the most common resembling the syllables whee- 

 udel, whee-udel, whee-udel, and tea-kdtle, tea-kettle, tea- 

 kettle. 



The haunts of most marsh -inhabiting birds are as 

 sharply defined as the limits of their ranges. The Long- 

 billed Marsh Wren is not known in 

 Marsh Wren the East north of Massachusetts, but I 

 (Hstothorus palustris. would as soon expect 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- 



