WINTER WREN. 



722. Olbiorchilus hiemalis. 4 inches. 



Above bright cinnamon, below paler; sides, wings 

 and tail heavily barred with black. 



This is the shortest and most stoutly built Wren 

 that we have. They look very pert with their little 

 stubby tail erect over their back. In most of the 

 United States we only see them in the winter, and 

 they are associated, in my mind, with brush heaps 

 in woods and gardens. They will hide in a small 

 pile of brush, running from side to side so that it is 

 almost impossible to make them leave it. 



Song. A rippling flow of melody, not as loud, but 

 more musical than that of the House Wren. 



Nest. In brush heaps, tin cans, hollow stumps or 

 crevices in unoccupied buildings; made of piles of 

 grass, weeds etc., lined with feathers; eggs white, 

 sparingly specked with reddish brown (.65 x .50). 



Range. Eastern N. A., breeding from the northern 

 edge of the U. S. northward; winters from its breed- 

 ing range to the Gulf. 



