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and lie is a very capable and reliable authority — 

 it is paler in colour, has longer feet, utters louder 

 and harsher notes, lays on an average bigger eggs, 

 and is not found anywhere outside the St. Kilda 

 group of islands. In other respects it is similar 

 in its appearance and habits to its near ally, the 

 Common Wren. 



WREN, GOLDEN-CRESTED. See Goldceest. 



WREN, REED. See Waebler, Eeed. 



WREN, WILLOW. See Waeblee, Willow. 



WREN, WOOD. See Waeblee, Wood. 



WRYNECK. 



Desoijjtioi of Parent Birds. — Length about 

 seven inches. Beak rather short, straight-pointed, 

 and brown. The whole of the upper parts of the 

 body consist of varying shades of browai, mixed 

 with grey, pencilled, mottled, barred, and streaked 

 with buif, greyish-white, brownish-black, and black. 

 The top of the head is barred with blackish -browai, 

 the nape of the neck striped wdth the same, and 

 also parts of the back and wdngs. The wing-quills 

 are dark brown, barred and spotted with two shades 

 of buff. Tail-quills greyish-brown, marked with 

 several irregular blackish-brown bars. All the 

 under-parts are dull white, tinged with yellowish- 



