HOUSE WREN. 
721. Troglodytes wdon. 44 inches. 
Above brownish with tail and wings barred; below 
dull grayish, barred on the flanks with brown. 
These are bold, sociable and confiding birds, seeming 
to prefer men’s society, building their nests in bird 
boxes that are erected for them, or in the most unex- 
pected situations about buildings. ‘They are one of the 
most beneficial birds that can be attracted to one’s yard, 
feeding wholly upon insects. 
Song.—Loud, clear and bubbling over with enthusi- 
asm. 
Nest.—Of grass or weeds, stuffed into any crevice that 
takes their fancy, frequently in bird boxes and holes in 
orchard trees; eggs white, so minutely and thickly dotted 
with pinkish brown as to nearly conceal the ground 
colon (264x252) 
Range.—Kastern N. A., breeding north to Maine and 
Manitoba: winters along the Gulf coast. 721b. Western 
House Wren (aztecus) is found from the Plains to the 
Pacific coast ranges. 
