159 CITIZEN BIRD 



Jenny (keeping time with her head) : 



I'm thrifty Jenny Wren. 



The foolish, lazy men 



Think they work if they sing all day. 



If husband is a martyr, 



I'm a great deal, great deal smarter, 



For / talk when I've nothinrj to say ! 



And though I mind my work, 



I also prink and perk. 



For Johnny's such nf-a-s-cin-a-ting He! 



Both (beating time with all four wings) : 



{She) Though you don't care to talk — 

 (He) We might both take a walk — 

 (Both) For we ai'e such a captivating WE ! 



\_Exeunt, dancing on tiptoe along the trellis.' 



The House "Wren 



Length five inches. 



Upper parts dark brown finely barred with black. 



Under parts gray, washed with brown and very faintly banded. 



Tail rather long (for a Wren's), full of light and dark bars, 

 mostly held cocked up. 



A fidgety little bird with a very merry song. 



A Summer Citizen east of Indiana, and a Citizen south from the 

 middle districts. 



A Ground Gleaner and Tree Trapper. 



THE LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN 



"• You must always wear your rubber boots when you 

 go to look for the Marsh Wren," said the Doctor ■; " and 

 you must be careful where j^ou step, for this Wren 

 knows where to put his nest safely out of the way of 

 both House People and cats. 



