40 NESTS AND EGGS OF N. A. BIRDS. 



63a. TROGLODYTES AEDON PARKMAKNI. 



WESTERN HOUSE WREN. 



According to the highest authority, the nesting habits of this 

 bird are almost exactly the same as those of the common House 

 Wren of the Eastern States, building in hollow trees, in cigar 

 boxes, holes in gate-posts, and under the eaves of houses. 



The eggs too are hardly distinguishable from those of the com- 

 mon Wren, the spots being finer, less marked, and of a pinker 

 shade of reddish-brown. The eggs are of a smaller size, though 

 exhibiting great variations " In one nest the average measure- 

 ment of its seven eggs is .60 by .50, that of another set of the same 

 , number .70 by .50 of an inch." 



64. TROGLODYTES INSULARIS. 



SOCORRO WREN. ** 



6s. ANORTHURA TROGLODYTES HYEMALIS. 



WINTER WREN. 



"The Winter Wren, nowhere very abundant, seems to be dis- 

 tributed over the whole of North America. *** Mr. William F. 

 Hall met with the nest and eggs of this bird at Camp Sebois in the 

 central eastern portion of Maine. It was built in an unoccupied 

 log hut, among the fir leaves and mosses in a crevice between the 

 logs. It was large and bulky, composed externally of mosses, and 

 lined with the fur of hedge-hogs, and the feathers of the Spruce 

 Partridge and other birds. It was in the shape of a pouch, and 

 the entrance was neatly framed with fine sticks. 



The eggs were six in number, and somewhat resembled those of 

 the Parus atncapillus. The female was seen and fully identified. 

 In this nest, which measured five and three quarter inches by five 

 in breadth, the size, solidity, and strength, in view of the diminu- 

 tive proportions of its tiny architect, are quite remarkable. The 

 walls were two inches in thickness and very strongly impacted and 

 interwoven. The cavity was an inch and a quarter wide and four 

 inches deep. Its hemlock framework had been made of green ma- 

 terial, and their strong and agreeable odor pervaded the structure. 



