PARKMANS WREN 



{Salpinctes obsoletus) 



LISP « f? Y i S 



Up in the Wasatch Mountains of 

 Northern Utah, an interesting Httle 

 bird, the rock wren, makes its summer 

 home. During one season spent in studying 

 the birds of this region, I was fortunate 

 enough to become well acquainted with this 

 sociable little member of the wren tribe, for 

 which I developed a friendship that gave me 

 much pleasure. I discovered seven or eight 

 of their nests, and my observations of their 

 home life included many instructive glimpses 

 of social relations among the birds that af- 

 forded a rare insight, indeed, into bird nature. 

 The rock wren starts nesting early in June. 

 The nests are frequently located behind the 

 shaggy bark of ash trees, but in some cases 



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