TROGLODYTID^: Wrens 



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Range : San Clemente Island, off the coast of southern California. Res. 

 - Common. 



Southern California S.V., 

 chiefly. Occasional in winter at 

 low elevations. Nests com- 

 monly in hills below 5500 feet, 

 often about buildings. 



Arizona S.V. Tran- 

 sition Zone of higher mountains 

 generally. W.V. In low, 

 hot valleys, notably along the 

 Colorado River. 



Western House Wren 



Southwestern California 

 W.V. Irregularly common, 

 in mountains ; rarely to low foot- 

 hills. The San Gabriel Moun- 

 tains appear to be the southern 

 limit of its range. 



Western Winter Wren 



Southwestern California 

 Res. Abundant. Tule marshes 

 of low country. In winter often 

 numerous in salt grass about 

 tide marshes, and in heavy 

 vegetation of any sort near 

 water. 



W. V. Oct. Apr. Common. Lowland marshes of southern California 

 generally, and adjacent part of Arizona where suitable conditions exist. 



