390 f*r()c<'<(Iin(/s of TiidUnid Acddcini/ of i^cicnce. 



the bru8h-liiKMl strcaiiis or tliioiijrh ihv woods in winter, there is no more 

 cheery sonj; to he heard than that of the Carolina Wren. It matters not h(tw 

 deep the snow uia.v he or how cold the iilr. if there l)e no wind, the lovid. 

 clear, hell-like, riniiini;: notes of this active little bird are sure to be heard. 



217. TiiUYOMAXKS liKwicKi HKWicKi (AudulxiHl. kkwk'k's wkkx. (71!>) 



A rather rare summer resident in Vi^'o and .Monroe counties; not noted in 

 Carroll. 



A male colIect(-d at Sand Hill, Vino Count.v. April .".. 1S90. the first of the 

 season. One seen in m.v yard in Terre Haute two (hiys hiter. 



I'lS. Tkooi.odvtks .\i:))ox .xkdo.n Vieiilot. iioisk wkkx. (721) 



One of our most sociable little sununcr residents : trusting" us by coming 

 close about our houses, buildini,' its nest in any suitable box or hole any- 

 where about the house; jierhaps driving away the bluebirds. 



Carroll Count ii: On the home farm near r.urlington one of the outbuild- 

 ings (a woodshed) was built of logs, one of which was hollow, and in this 

 hollow a pair of wrens built their nest every year for many years. Another 

 l»air built ainiually in a clothesline box that stood in the kitchen yard ; while 

 still another pair built their nest in a hole (air shaft) in the large chimney 

 built in the north end of the house. Noted at Camden April 2S. 1SS4 ; com- 

 mon tlie next day. Noted April 21. 1SS."». also on Ai»ril 2(; and 28. On June 

 .25. llX)ij, a pair ob.served building in the clothesline box at the old home, 

 but for some reason they abandoned it ; jierhaps the pestiferous English 

 sparrow was the cause. 



Tif/o County: Quite common, especially about farmhouses. 



Monroe County: Common summei' resident, but iirobably less so than the 

 Bewick's Wren. 



210. Nanxts iiik.mai.is tiikmai.is (Vi(>illot). wintkk wren. (722) 



A rare resident, doubtless lirt'cding. though we never found its nest. On 

 April 9. 1885. collected a female in Deer Creek liottom ludow the Porter mill, 

 west of Camden. Others noted at various times in the winter in the thick 

 underbrush about fallen trees and rotten logs, along the streams, i'^re- 

 quently seen at such times and in such situations in each of (he three 

 counties. 



. Next to the Carolina Wren this diminutive bit of tiuffy feathers is one of 

 our most cheerful winter residents. 



220. CiSTOTHORis STKM.Aiiis (Naumauu). 



SIIOUT-IUIXKD MAKSII WKKX. (724) 



Noted in Vigo Cornty May S. ISS!). by J. RoUin Slonakin-. 



221. Tklmatooytes pahstkis iliacts Kidgway. 



PRAIRIE MARSH WREN. (725(1) 



A not une(tmmon sunnner resident, breeding in some numbers among the 

 eflttails and scirpus i)atches in the Five-mile Pond, the Coose Pond, and in 

 other similar places in Vigo County, A female collected at the Goose 



