PLATE I 

 WREN. Troglodytes parvulus 



May ith, 1897. Island of Inch Talla, Lake of Monteith. I had some difficulty 

 in finding this nest, as it was so well concealed. It was built under a small 

 clump of fern and bramble, growing out of the corner of a ruined piece of 

 masonry, and I disturbed the Wren by kicking a spray of the bramble while 

 setting up my camera to photograph a Blackbird's nest in a hole in the wall 

 just above it. 



Although I saw the Wren fly out, I took a minute or two to discover the 

 nest, so beautifully was it concealed. I was focussing my camera on it when 

 the Wren flew back and quietly entered the nest again, although I was standing 

 within five feet of it. It contained five eggs. 



