316 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS. 



7 I 9e. Northwest Bewick Wren. T. b .calophonus. 



Range. Pacific coast from Oregon to British Columbia. 



These last two sub-species have recently been separated from Vigors Wren, 

 but their habits and eggs remain the same as those of that variety. 



7 I 9.1. San Clemente Wren. Thryomanes leucophrys. 



Range. San Clemente Island, California. 



This species is similar to Vigors Wren but is grayer and paler above. It is 

 not peculiar in its nesting habits and the eggs are like those of bewickii. 



720. Guadalupe Wren. Thryomanes brevicaudus. 

 Range. Guadalupe Island. 



A very similar species to the Vigors Wren; nesting habits and the eggs are 

 not apt to differ in any respect. 



721. House Wren. Troglodytes aedon. 



^f' Range. North America east of the Mississippi, breeding from 



the Gulf north to Manitoba and Ontario; winters in the southern 

 half of the United States. 



mjjJF This familiar and noisy little Wren is the most abundant and 

 widely distributed of the Wrens; they are met with on the edges 

 'inkish white.] o f woods, swamps, fields, pastures, orchards and very frequently 

 build about houses, in bird houses or any nook that may suit them; they fill 

 the cavity of the place they may select with twigs, grass, feathers, plant down, 

 etc., and lay from five to nine eggs in a set and frequently three sets a year. 

 The eggs are pinkish white, very profusely and minutely dotted with pale 

 reddish brown so as to make the egg appear to be a nearly uniform salmon 

 color and with a wreath of darker spots about the large end. Size .65 x .52. 

 Data. Gretna, N. Y., May 29, 1896. Nest three feet from the ground in cavity 

 of an apple tree; made of twigs and grass, and lined with hair and feathers. 

 Collector, L. S. Horton. 



72 I a. Parkman Wren. T. a. parkmanii. 



Range. Pacific coast from British Columbia southward. 



The habits and eggs of this variety are the same in every particular as those 

 of the eastern House Wren. 



72 I b. Western House Wren. T. a. aztecus. 



Range. United States, from the Mississippi Valley to eastern California. 



This variety is grayer above and below than the eastern form, but its habits 

 and eggs do not differ in any respect. 



722. Winter Wren. Olbiorchilus hiemalis. 



Range. Eastern North America, breeding from northern United States north- 

 ward, and south in the Alleghanies to North Carolina; winters in the United 

 States. 



These are the smallest of the Wrens, being but four inches in 

 length; they have a very short tail which, like those of theothers, 

 is carried erect over the back during excitement or anger. They 

 are very sly birds and creep about through stone walls and under 

 brush like so many mice; they have a sweet song but not as loud 

 [White] as *kat * ^ ie House Wren. Their nests are placed in crevices of 

 stumps, walls, old buildings or in brush heaps, being made of 

 twigs and leaves, lined with feathers. Their eggs, which are laid during May or 

 June, are pure white, finely and sparingly dotted with reddish brown; size 

 .60 x .48. 



