FAMILY Troglody tides . 



Bewick'* Wren A very rare species east of the Alleghanii - 



iSsssr" but ne whirh iias i "' <>n foun(i in "' 



L. 5.00 inches southern New Hampshire, central P> 

 April xoth sylvania, and Washington, D. C. It- 

 common range is from southern Michigan, northern Illi- 

 nois and western Pennsylvania south to Georgia, northern 

 Mississippi, central Alabama and eastern Texas; westward 

 it extends to the borders of the Prairie Lands. It has noi 

 yet been reported from New York. In color and si/e n. 

 closely resembles the House Wren, but the wings and tail 

 are a trifle longer, the deep cinnamon brown of the back i> 

 less mixed with other tones, and the primary feather- lony 

 wing feathers) are not barred, the middle tail-feather- 

 are black-barred, and the outer ones are black tipped with 

 pale gray, under parts gray white, and a white line extend - 

 over the eye. The nest and its location is like that of the 

 House Wren. Egg china white sprinkled with sienna 

 brown or lavender, sometimes in a wreath at the larger end . 

 The song is a loud and clear roundelay in tone quality 

 similar to that of the Carolina Wren but far sweeter, with- 

 out the fixed reiteration of the latter bird's rhythm, and 

 with much of the freedom and exuberance of the music of 

 the inimitable Winter Wren. But I have no notation.- 

 which would demonstrate its rhythmic character. Ridp- 

 way says the song may be heard a quarter of a mile or more 

 away. It is far more deliberate in its movements than the 

 Carolina Wren. 



House Wren The commonest and most familiar meni- 



Troglodytesadon b f the Wren f ami l y; a tiny bird with an 



L. 4.75 inches 



April aoth extensive, rippling, laughing song which 



reminds one strongly of a musical waterfall 

 or purling brook. His upturned, perky tail, however, is 

 quite as notable a mark of his personality. The upper 

 parts are mixed cinnamon brown and olive brown becoming 

 more ruddy on the rump and tail, the back with ill-defined 

 darker bars, the wings and tail finely barred with sepia, t he 

 sides similarly barred, and the under parts very pale gray 

 or Quaker drab. The range is throughout eastern North 

 America from Wisconsin eastward to New Brunswick. 

 and southward to Virginia and Kentucky. The Hi 



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