BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



509 



Distinguished from those of the Wryneck only by 

 smaller size and a sight of parents. 



Time. April and May. 



Remarks. Resident. Notes : tic-tic, or kink- 

 kink. Local and other names : Crank Bird, Pump- 

 borer, Least-spotted Woodpecker, Little Black and 

 White Woodpecker, Hickwall, Barred Woodpecker. 

 Sits closely. 



WREN, COMMON. 



( Troglodytes pamulus. ) 

 Order PASSERES ; Family TROGLODYTID.E (WRENS). 



Description of Parent 

 Birds. Length a little 

 under four inches ; bill of 

 moderate length, slightly 

 curved downwards, dark 

 brown on the top, and 

 light brown underneath. 

 Irides hazel. A dull, 

 whitish line runs over 

 the eye and ear-coverts. 

 Head, nape, back, and 

 rump reddish - brown, 

 faintly marked on the two 

 latter with wavy bars of 

 light and dark brown ; wing and tail feathers marked 

 with light reddish-brown and black bars ; chin, 

 cheeks, throat, and breast greyish-white, tinged 

 with buff ; belly, sides, and thighs light brown, 

 marked with narrow wavy bars of a darker tint of 

 the same colour ; under tail-coverts indistinctly 

 spotted with black and dirty white ; legs, toes, and 

 claws pale brown. 



COMMON WREN'S NEST. 



