WRENS. 
With .« goes the equally evident dual structure, the first 
part in a low register, the rest sometimes a whole major 
sixth or even an octave higher. 
The following record was secured in early July, 1914, 
near Lonesome Lake which lies in the slight depression oi 
the southern buttress of Cannon Mountain in the Fran- 
conia Notch. The elevation was about 3600 ft., and the 
Winter Wrens were singing in every direction among the 
spruces. 
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The next notation came from a splendid singer in the 
Notch, on the path up Mt. Lafayette: 
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Thad chanced a little before that time to be reading Brad- 
ford Torrey’s Birds in the Bush, and it was extremely 
gratifying to find my bird singing very possibly the same 
kind of song which Mr. Torrey heard, for, notice the sus- 
tained tones in the middle of the record! On page 89 
of that delightful little book is this: ‘‘ The great distinction 
of the Winter Wren’s melody is its marked rhythm and 
accent, which give it a martial, fife-like character. Note 
tumbles over note in the true Wren manner, and the strain 
comes to an end so suddenly that for the first few times 
you are likely'to think that the bird has been interrupted. 
In the middle is a long in-drawn note like one of the 
canary’s.”’ Although it is true this sustained note is not 
unusual, it is by no means common, as the bird-song 
ripples along like a free fantasia regardless of rules. 
The Winter Wren usually perches on a log, or the roots 
or branches of a fallen tree when he sings, but I have fre- 
quently discovered him on the uppermost boughs of a 
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