u6 WREN. 



WREN. 



COMMON WREN. KITTY WREN. JIMPO. 

 PLATE CXXXI. 



Sylvia troglodytes, PENNANT. 



Motaalla troglodytes, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



Troglodytes vulgaris, TEMMINCK. 



Troglodytes Enropxus, CUVIER. 



nest, very large in size in proportion to the 

 =*- bird, and ordinarily of a spherical shape, domed 

 over, but flattened on the side next the substance 

 against which it is placed, varies much both in form 

 and substance according to the nature of the locality 

 which furnishes the materials and a 'locus standi' for 

 it. It is commenced early in the spring, even so soon 

 as the end of the month of March, the birds pairing 

 in February. One found by my second son, Reginald 

 Frank Morris, this autumn, in the beautiful grounds of 

 Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, the seat of Lord Nor- 

 manby, was placed against the trunk of a large tree, 

 about eight or ten feet from the ground, and was chiefly 

 composed externally of dry leaves. Others are variously 

 made of fern and moss, grass, small roots, twigs, and 

 hay, closely resembling in most cases the immediate 

 situation in which they are placed; some are lined with 

 hair or feathers, and others not. The nest is firmly 



