308 THE WESTERN HOUSE WREN. 
spots; back and scapulars barred (rarely indistinctly) with dusky; wings on 
exposed webs and tail all over distinctly and finely dusky-barred; sides of head 
speckled grayish brown, without dehnite pattern; below, light grayish brown, 
indistinctly speckled or banded with darker brownish on fore-parts; heavily 
speckled and banded with dusky and whitish on flanks and crissum; bill black 
above, lighter below; culmen slightly curved; feet brownish. Length 4.50-5.25 
(114.3-133.3) ; wing 2.08 (52.8) ; tail 1.75 (44.6) ; bill .51 (13) ; tarsus .68 (17.2). 
Recognition Marks.—\Varbler size; brown above, lighter below ; everywhere 
more or less speckled and banded with dusky, brownish, or white. Larger and 
with longer tail than Western Winter Wren. 
Nesting.—Nest: of sticks and trash, lined with fine grasses or chicken- 
Photo 
by 
Bohlman. 
HOW’S THE WEATHER OUTSIDE? 
WESTERN HOUSE WREN AT ENTRANCE OF NESTING HOLE, 
feathers, placed in bird-boxes, holes in orchard trees, crannies of out-buildings, 
etc. Eggs: 4-8, white, heavily speckled, and usually more or less tinged with 
pinkish brown or vinaceous, with a wreath of a heavier shade about the larger 
end. Average size, .64x.51 (16.3x13). Season: About May 15; one brood. 
General Range.—Western United States and Canada, north to British 
Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba, east to Illinois, south to Mexico. 
Range in Washington.—Not common summer resident, confined to lower 
altitudes and, usually, vicinity of settlements. 
Migrations.—S pring: ‘Tacoma, April 25, 1906, April 28, 1907. 
Authorities.—? Troglodites fulvus Ornithological Committee, Journ. Ac. 
Nat. Sci. Phila. VII. 1837, p. 193 (Columbia River). ? Troglodytes parkmanu 
