WREN. 



fVSESSORES. 

 SCANSORRS. 



169 



CEETUIA D&. 



THE WREN. 



Troglodytes vulgaris. 



Troglodytes vidgaris, Common 

 Europceus 



Sylvia troglodytes, T/ie Wren, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 516. 

 Motacilla Common MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 272. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 73. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 390. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert, p 153. 



T/ie GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. v. 



Sylvia troglodytes, Troglodyte ordinaire, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 233. 

 Troglodytes vulgaris, Supplt. p. 160. 



TROGLODYTES. Generic Cliaracters. Beak very slender, slightly curved, 

 pointed, the edges of the mandibles entire, without any depression or notch. 

 Nostrils oval, covered with a membrane. Wings very short, concave, rounded ; 

 the first feather rather short, the fourth or fifth feather the longest. Tail short. 

 Feet rather long, slender ; the middle toe united at the base to the outer toe, but 

 not to the inner toe. 



OUR little established favourite, the Wren, was formerly 

 included among the Warblers ; but the similarity in the 



