Birds of Oregon and Washington 87 



If we do not have these little mountain brooks 

 of song about our houses, it may be entirely our 

 own fault in not setting up for them a box 

 against the house, or even a box upon a pole, 

 in each case making the entrance not larger than 

 a silver quarter, to keep out the English Sparrow 

 or the Swallow. 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Male and female : All 

 over, a little darker than cinnamon-brown ; wings and 

 tail, barred with dusky lines ; " back and sides, more or 

 less waved with dusky cross-markings " ; under parts, 

 pale buffy. 



A summer resident. They may be expected 

 from the South about the middle of April. 



NORTHWESTERN VIGORS'S WREN. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Very like the House Wren in general appearance, 

 the distinguishing mark being a line of white 

 over the eye. 



Length, 5 inches and more. 

 Found in and out of thickets and hedges. 



This Wren has the restless habit of the House 

 Wren, as already indicated. It nests in thickets 

 and hedges, and occasionally it, like the House 

 Wren, makes a nest about a house. In March, 



