1908] BIRDS. 57 



Geog. Dist. Eastern United States, north to southern New York. 



W. Va. Dist. Exceedingly common in all parts of the state that 

 I have visited. Is to be found well up on the sides of the moun- 

 tains, though I have not found it on the summits of our loftier 

 ranges. Very abundant along the Ohio and its larger tributaries. 



Xest Most often bill It in crevices about buildings, or in holes 

 in trees, stumps, or logs. I have found this species nesting in dwell- 

 ing-houses. 



Food Many kinds of destructive insects. 



721. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon}. One adult specimen. 

 Geog. Dist. Eastern United States, more common towards the 



north. 



W. Va. Dist. Xot found more than a few miles west of the sum- 

 mit of the Alleghenies. On top of the mountains, it is quite com- 

 mon. "West of the mountains, this species is replaced by the abun- 

 dant Bewick's Wren. 



Xest In a hole in a tree, bird-house, or crevice. Last summer I 

 found a nest at Osceola in a crevice in an old spruce root, out in 

 the open field. 



Food Its diet is exclusively insectivorous. Feeds principally 

 upon the insects that are very destructive to orchard and garden 

 plants, shrubbery, and trees. 



722. Winter Wren (Xannu* liicnwlis}. Male and female. 

 This is our smallest Wren. A most delightful songster. At Horto.i, 

 in June 1908, I heard the Winter Wren, House Wren, Bewick's 

 Wren, and Carolina Wren all singing at the same time. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern Xorth America generally. 



W. Va. Dist. In the lower altitudes in the state this tiny bird : s 

 found only in winter. In the mountains, from 3.500 ft. up, it re- 

 mains to breed. 



Xest In . the up-turned roots of a tree, in piles of brush, arid 

 sometimes in a pocket of moss on the side of a tree. Five to seven 

 speckled eggs. I have found two nests of the Winter Wren in tho 

 spruce woods above Pickens. Randolph County. 



Food Woodland insects. 



T'^5. Long-billed Marsh Wren (Cistothorus pahistris). Male 

 and female adults. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern United States. 



W. Va. Dist. Mr. Doan says he observed this species along the 



