TAVERNER AND SWALES ON POINI IV.I.KK liim>s. i<i: 



Poinl. They frequent the densest jungle and are more often heard 

 than scon. They Mil from brush to lirush just ahead !' the excited 

 collector bent mi establishing :in incontestable record, in ;i most pro- 

 voking manner, leading him through mud holes, tangle and bracken. 

 keeping jus! (tut nl' -41111 shot, ;ui(I usiiMlly oul (!' sight, lull cut icing 

 him on with explosive calls of encouragement. They rrei|iicui the 

 higher lirMiiches of Ihe trees to M greater extent UIMII MII.V other of 

 niir wrens MIX! Mre oiten ohserved :it considera hie elevMlions. The 

 song we IIMVC most fre<|uently heard in holli I'M 1 1 MIK! spring could 

 he written "|re o o o o." The Mrs! syhihle uttered quickly and 

 with M silvery roll. MIX! Ihe "o's" dislinelly sepMTMle. \vilh decided 

 inlervMls helween, Mild deli\cred with Mil explosive quMlily like the 

 sound of hir.^e drops I'Mlliim from M height into M still pool he-low. 

 The whole uttered hurriedly Mini Iniliblintfly, in Ihe sMine metre MS 

 tin 1 SOII.LC of the Mouse Wren. This SOIILJ is pei-fedly dislincl. Mild 

 like nothing else to he hcMrd in the TrMiisition F:iun;i woods. As l> 

 lore siMled, Aninisl !.">, 1JMIS, lh(> ( 'Mrolimi \\'rens SMU.L,' f:ir more freely 

 UIMII \\e IIMVC heMril hefore. hi repertoire they Mre MS versMlile MS M 

 ThrMsher Mini M ('Mtliird comhined Mini rival, if not siirp.-iss. Ihe 

 CliMl in Mhility io niMke "funny noises." 



IS!). t'l'mt/littliilcN ii( : il<>ii. House \\'ren. 



Common on Mil MM\ visits MIK! to le found in almost all kinds of 

 localities, though perhaps the brush .uro\\ n fences in the neighbor- 

 hood of (JMi'dner's farm buildings were Ihe most favored. T.ui few 

 \\ere noted during th(> early <!M.VS of September. l!M).">. tlionirh by 

 m'MdiiMl increase they becMine common th( k llth. < 'ommoii all thromrh 

 Sei>lember. I'.idS. and until October II i:>. when M number \\ere noted. 

 Not MS many as usual seen August '2 1 -September '., P.MiT. MIH! more 

 were lislcd August IT, 1C. UMIS. It is evident from this that the mi- 

 grant birds arrived about the last of August and lirst of September. 

 reaching (heir maximum the middle 1 of the later month. 



I'.xi. *()lhircliUux lih'iniilix. -\\i\\io\' Wren. 



Noted but once in the spring. .May 111. 11 MIS. \\ hen single binls 

 were noted each day. In !!().", the first fall birds \\cn- m-icd Septem 

 her II and b".. the last days of our st.-iy. In I'.MM; they \\ere pres.-nt 

 when we Mrrived. September IT,, anil became almost common by the 

 17th. after which their numbers dwindled, ihmmh a couple \ 



the L'lst. \\hen we departed. This last day one fellow became 

 much inleresicd in our tent and camping equipment. It explored 

 the former -.'\cral times thoroughly, searching every nvvice. It 

 examined our methods of p:icking. and sampled the crumb-- of our 

 commissary, gleaning from the cracks of the table, and seemed 

 erally ph-a-ed with himself and us. Finally it lle\\ to a m-iirliboring 

 brush pile Mild scolded us MS \\ e took do\\ n the tent : uid piled the 



