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coat, where, after a moment's pause, with a dive the traveler would disappear 

 inside the hat, though occasionally one would stop for a moment on the top 

 of the coat. They protested when I turned the hat, to reveal the nest, but their 

 parental love caused them to brave all dangers and to continue feeding their 

 young. Thanks to the good people who kept watch on the family cat, this 

 second brood also safely left the nest. The owners never had occasion to 

 complain of these birds in their strawberry patch, and, on the contrary, they 

 are hoping that their tenants will safely return each year. 



In case you have no pair of House Wrens nesting on your place, do not let 

 another season pass without putting up one or more boxes or tin cans, to 

 attract them, making sure that the opening is small enough to exclude the 

 English Sparrow. If, after they become permanent residents, they leave the 

 house provided for them and tuck their nest away in some unheard-of place, 

 you will enjoy them all the more, and agree with a well-known writer that 

 "very cramped and bare indeed must be the suburban place that does not 

 offer the Wren a home." 



SEVEN YOUNG WRENS IN THEIR SATCHEL HOME 



