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Order I 



it is fond, and it is a pretty sight to watch it at work 

 upon a hazel-nut stuck in the chink of a post. The 

 winter notes are Tit-like, the spring notes shrill, the 

 summer cries vary. 



Family TROGLODYTID^J, or Wrens 



Wrens have a wide range in the world, and unlike 

 most Palaearctic families extend to temperate South 



Wren 



America ; nevertheless we have only one British species 

 (Troglodytes troglodytes), which is too common to need 

 many details. Its simple but joyous song cheers us 

 even in winter, and there are few road-sides where we 

 do not often catch a sight of its restless little brown 



