15G XOKTII AMKKICAX JJUiUS. 



to be northern in its ,listril,„tion .luri... the broe,lin^-.soason, vet only u 

 s.ny e «pecuaen was ohtau.ed Uy Sir .John Jfichur.lson, and ti^at on the 

 northern sliores of Laive Iliii'on. 



Ou tlie I'aciKc coast Dr. Cooper reranle.! the Winter Wren as the most 

 common, speces in tlu3 Ibrests of Washington Territory, where it n.,,uented 

 even the densest portions, an.l where its lively sun,, was alnn.st the only 

 sound to be heard. It was >nost connnonly seen in winter, retiring, in suni- 



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 Dr. Su.kley also states that this Wren was tb,uul at Fort Steilacoom more 

 a mndantly n. the wn.ter than any other .speeies. It was very nnsnspieious 

 allow,,., a very near approach. The dense lir forests, anu,,.,- fallen h,..' 

 were ,ts nsna pkces of reso,^ durin, the h,,.,, da,np, and d,.ary wint^;^ 

 o 0,e^,n. I,,. s,.ekley rega.led the habits of this species and' tho.se of 



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M,-. Andubon fonnd this species at Eastpo,-t, on the 9th of May, in full 



ong a,.d ciu, e abundant. A n,onth late,, he lound then, e.p.ally'plentiful 



ni the Ayalen Islands, and afterwards, about the n.iddle of J,dy in Lab- 



raao,.. He described its so,,, as excelling that of any bird of its size with 



t, ,' V n ,?•"",' ';7''""^"'' ^'^'"" *■"" '•*• •-■"•l^""-- ^'"ergy, and n,elody, and as 

 t,uly n,us.cal. Its power of continuance is .said to be very surprising 



Ihe character,stics of the Winter Wren are those of the whole "fa,„ily 

 ll.ey ,nove.s w,th rapidity and precision fro,,, place to place, in sho.t. sudden 

 hops and Ihghts, bending downwa,-d and keeping their tails erect They 

 w,Il ,-un un.ler a large root, tln'ough a hollow stu.np or log, or between the 

 interstices ol rocks, more in the ,nan„er of a n.ouse than of a bird 



Ihe w,-,ter has several times observed the.se Wrens on the steep sides of 

 Mount \\ aslnngton, in the nu.nth of June, moving about in active unrest 

 ilisappear,„g and ,.eappea,ing among the b,oke„ n,asses of granite with' 

 which these s]o,.es are strewn. This was even in the most thickly wo-nled 

 portions. Ihough they evidently ha.l nests i,i the neighborhood, they couhl 

 not be discovered. They wei^e unsuspiciou.s, cmld be approached within a 

 ew teet, but uttered .luorulous coni,,Iai„ts if one persisted in sea,rhing too 

 long 111 the places they entei-ed. 



Tl.ls W,v„ as I a,n inforn,e.l by M,-. P.oa,-d,ua,i, is a connuon summer resi- 

 uent near Calais, Me. 



^ Mr. Audul,on met with its ne.st in a thick forest in Tennsvlvania. He 

 jollowe.1 a pa.r of these birds until they .lisappeared in the hollow of a protu- 

 berance, covered with mo.ss and lichc. resembling the excrescences often 



een on lo,est trees. The aperture was perfectly nuinde.l a,.d .,uite smooth. 

 He put in h,s hnger a„.l felt the ,.eckiiig of the bill's bill and heard its 

 ^luerulous c,y. He was obliged to remove the j.u-ent bird in o,-der to see the 

 eggs, wh„.h weiv six in nun,be,-. The parent bir.ls made a great clamor as 



