764 BROWN WREN. 



in the spring ; it is constructed with very great 

 art, but, unlike other birds, this does not begin at 

 the bottom of the nest, but traces the outlines 

 first : it is of an oval shape, and is composed of 

 various materials according to the substance with 

 which it is in contact ; if it be built against a tree 

 covered with white moss, it is made of that ma- 

 terial; if with green, that is the substance chosen: 

 it is invariably lined with feathers, and has a hole 

 near the top for an entrance. The eggs are seven 

 or eight in number, white, slightly marked with 

 reddish spots at the larger end. The song of this 

 bird is greatly esteemed, being a pleasing but 

 short warble; it is continued throughout the year: 

 its tail is generally carried erect. 



BROWN WREN. 

 (Troglodytes furvus.) 



, dor so, alls caudaque lineis atris. 

 Brown Wren, the back, wings, and tail, with black stripes. 

 Motacilla furva. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 994. 168. 

 Sylvia furva. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 548. 151. 

 Brown Warbler. Brown. Illwt. ZooL 68. pi. 18. Lath. Gen. 

 Syn. 4. 508. 144. 



THE Brown Wren is four inches and a half in 

 length : its beak is slightly bent, and of a yel- 



