88 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



1 90 1, a pair of these birds were nesting under 

 the roof of a low piazza in Portland. The 

 Vigors's Wren has one of the most striking and 

 attractive songs given by the birds of the North- 

 west. His song is so unlike that of the House 

 Wren that it cannot be confused with the latter, 

 when once it has been distinctly heard. 



Particular Description. — Above, almost a 

 blackish-brown ; wings and sides, not so dark ; below, 

 grayish-white; distinguishing mark, white line over eye. 



Largely a permanent resident. 



THE WESTERN WINTER WREN. 



General Description : 



Upper parts : darker brown than either of the other 



Wrens. 

 Under parts : pale brown ; pale brown stripe over 



the eye. 

 Length, only 4 inches. 



This is the smallest and the wildest of the 

 Wrens. It lives in the woods about old stumps 

 and the roots of overturned trees, where it nests. 

 There he may be seen through the glass, with 

 his short tail erect, hastening to get out of sight. 

 But when you are no longer near, he begins an 



