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April 30, 1906. The female was not present; indeed, my 

 Winter Wren was the only bird in that particular spot. 



I should not close without saying something about the 

 striking song of the Winter Wren. It is a long series of trills 

 and chapperings of a wholly indescribable character, pitched 

 high and of a clear, liquid quality. During the early Spring 

 and late Autumn he rarely sings; but throughout the love 

 season the solitudes where he loves to dwell are often broken 

 by his inspiring, and even startling, roundelay. 



House Wren. — Troglodytes aedon. 5.00 



Fairly Common Summer Resident 



Field marks. — Frequents old orchards, barns and birdhouses; 

 moves very rapidly and constantly gives forth a bubbling 

 song, entirely lacking in melody; general color brown, 

 with sides and tail faintly barred with black. 



Those who have lived in rural places or those who resided 

 in cities before the advent of the English Sparrow, will recall 

 with unalloyed pleasure this small neighbor with his endless 

 vivacity and gurgling song. Perhaps he had his habitation 

 in the hollow of a dead limb of the plum tree close to your 

 chamber window, or mayhap he gushed forth every other 

 minute a musical appreciation of your thoughtfulness in having 

 provided a neat bird-box at the end of the grapevine arbor, 

 or on a post in the garden; it matters not — if you had ears 

 to hear and eyes to see, you are sure to remember him with 

 exceptional affection. There is a buoyancy, a light-hearted 

 abandon about the House Wren's intermittent warbling that 



