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The nest is built amongst tlie thick stems of ivy growing 

 up trees or behind a loose piece of bark, and is composed of 

 chips of rotten wood and hay lined with a few feathers 

 very roughly put together. 



Troglodytes vulgaris. 



Wren. 



LOCAL NAMES. EGG OBSERYED. 



Gmnmon Wren. May 3rd, 1865. 



Jenny Wren. April 28th, 1866. 



May 2nd, 1867. 



May 1st, 1868. 



May 4th, 1869. 

 1870. 



The scientific name of this little bird is so alarming, that 

 it seems almost as if ornithologists had determined to give 

 it a long name, to make amends to it for its very small size. 

 Though they may not recognise it under such a long name, 

 most people know and entertain a feeling of affection to- 

 wards " Jenny " Wren, beside which it has so many other 

 little nicknames, so to speak, as to prove it at once to be a 

 general favourite. The nest of the wren is placed some- 

 times against a moss-grown tree, against a bank or the wall 

 of a building, in ivy, amongst dead bracken, and in many 

 other like situations. But wherever it may be, the materials 

 of which it is composed are sure to correspond with the 



