WINTER WREN. 
22. Nannus hiemalis. 4 inches. 
Above bright cinnamon, below paler; sides, wings and 
tail heavily barred with black. 
This is the shortest and most stoutly built Wren that 
we have. They look very pert with their little stubby 
tail erect over their back. In most of the United States 
we only see them in the winter, and they are associated, 
in my mind, with brush heaps in woods and gardens. 
‘They will hide in a small pile of brush, running from side 
to side, so that it is almost impossible to make them 
leave it. 
Song.—A rippling flow of melody, not as loud, but 
more musical than that of the House Wren. 
Nest.—In brush heaps, tin cans, hollow stwnps or 
crevices in unoccupied buildings; made of piles of grass, 
weeds, ete.. lined with feathers; eggs white, sparingly 
specked with reddish brown (.65 x .50). 
Range.—Eastern N. A., breeding from the northern 
edge of the U. 8. northward; winters from its breeding 
range to the Gulf. 
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