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more decoy was found a short distance further on in a 
long-deserted placer mine.” 
Unfortunately Mr. Bowles’s excellent description —a 
part of which I have quoted here from “The Condor,” 
Vol. III. No. 1—does not record the rearing of the 
brood or the manner of feeding the young, and these I 
supply from my own notebook. 
One particular pair which my notes record nested in 
the crevice of an old stump, which, when the young 
were five days old, [ broke open slightly to obtain a 
better view. This did not in the least deter the daunt- 
less parents from caring for the nestlings, though it 
doubtless caused them much anxiety. The young of 
this Wren resemble the young of tule wrens when first 
hatched, and are rather slow in feathering. They are 
fed by regurgitation for several days after hatching, the 
menu being chiefly small grubs which the busy little 
parents pick out of the bark of the coniferous trees. 
They are fed on insects and worms also. After the 
sixth day the food is mostly given in the fresh condition. 
The Wren nestlings leave the nest between the seven- 
teenth and twenty-first days. 
9725a. TULE WREN. — Cistothorus palustris paludicola. 
Famity: The Wrens, Thrashers, ete. 
Length: 4.50-5.75. 
Top of head black ; crown brown; middle of back with triangular 
black patch, streaked with white ; rest of upper parts buffy brown ; 
tail-coverts and middle-tail feathers barred with black ; under parts 
buffy white, browner on sides. 
Geographical Distribution: Pacific coast from British Columbia to 
Mexico. 
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