WITH BROWN PREDOMINATING 985 
tics of this species with those of the Pacific house wren. 
In the neighborhood of towns this bird prefers to nest 
about houses, choosing all sorts of queer places in which 
to rear its brood; but throughout Western California, in 
open districts as far south as Pasadena (although there 
Mr. Grinnell calls it the San Joaquin Wren), it is found 
building among brush heaps and in hollow trees. For 
breeding habits see Parkman Wren, also called Pacific 
House Wren. 
72l1a. PARKMAN WREN, OR PACIFIC HOUSE 
WREN. — Troglodytes aédon parkmann. 
Famity: The Wrens, Thrashers, ete. 
Length: 4.25-5.20. 
Upper parts grayish brown barred with blackish, except head ; tail 
barred with black and pale ashy; under parts indistinctly barred 
with ashy and brownish. 
Geographical Distribution: Pacific Coast from British Columbia south to 
California. 
California Breeding Range: West of the Sierra Nevada nearly through- 
out the State. 
Breeding Season: May. 
Nest: In cavities in trees, or about buildings ; of twigs ; lined with mass 
of feathers, 
Eggs: 5 to7 ; flesh-color, thickly speckled with pale brownish purple and 
rusty. 
THe Parkman Wren is the house wren of the Pacific 
Coast and is a common summer visitant west of the 
Sierra Nevada. His gay canary-like song rings from barn, 
house, or cabin, wherever there is a crevice for him to 
nest in. From morning until night the bubbling notes 
“tumble over each other, they are poured out so fast,” 
and you wonder when he takes any breath, yet he is as 
