BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



unoccupied wren house. The Wrens, appre- 

 ciative of any attention, are increasing so 

 rapidly where nest boxes are supplied, that one 

 is not always ready to accommodate the num- 

 ber that arrive. Fortunately, of all the birds 

 that nest in boxes, the Wrens are the easiest to 

 please, and will accept almost any sort of a 

 house. Though the Wrens are later comers 

 than many birds, they claim the old nesting 

 places with the most joyful outbursts of song. 

 Probably it was the song of the Wren that gave 

 origin to the stanza sung in Ireland by peasant 

 lads the morning after Christmas, as they went 

 from house to house carrying the branch of an 

 evergreen tree on which was perched a little 

 bird. 



"The wren, the wren, the king of all birds. 

 St. Stephen's day he was caught in the furze. 

 Although he is small, his family is great. 

 Get up, young ladies, and give us a treat." 



An authority on birds, who recently visited 

 the Blue Mountain district of the Georgian 

 Bay, remarked that the Bluebirds were more 

 numerous here than in many other parts. Had 

 his visit been made some years ago he would 

 have found more Bluebirds than we have now. 



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