THE CAROLINA WEEN. 



HIS UBIQUITY VARIETY OF HIS SOjN^G — SOME 



TRYSTING PLACES. 



Why tlie jolly bird of which I wish to give 

 a sketch should be called the Carolina wren is 

 rather an enigma. Perhaps the naturalist who 

 christened him first found him in one of the 

 States for which he has been named. If so, 

 it is difficult to decide which has received the 

 greater compliment — the State or the bird. One 

 thing is certain, the wren is not so provincial as 

 his name would seem to imply. True, he can 

 not be called a cosmopolite ; yet he has a wide 

 range, and, considered as a species, must be 

 quite a traveled personage. 



This wren is a bantam little fellow with a 

 rusty brown back, somewhat striped, his lower 

 parts white or tawny buff, and wings and tail 

 narrowly barred with dusk. As you look at 

 him, observe, too, that his somewhat long bill 

 is slightly curved, and that a distinct white or 

 buffy line extends back over his keen little eye. 



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