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have been known to battle to the death over a disputed nesting 
site. 
Four or five eggs are laid in late April and three broods are 
often raised. 
Family TroGLOpYTIDAE. Wrens. 
THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS LUDOVICIANUS (Latham). Carolina 
ren. 
Common resident. 
The Carolina Wren is present during the entire year and is 
one of the few winter songsters. It is to be looked for in any 
kind of wooded territory and is common in the Swope Park 
district, in the Blue Valley and Brush Creek woods and in all 
the wilder sections of the county. 
It nests among overhanging roots along creeks and ravines 
or in holes in the banks. One nest was found by Tindall in a 
wagon bridge near Independence. Five to seven eggs are laid 
in early May and more than one brood is raised. One nest was 
found on August 15, 1901, containing three fresh eggs (Tin- 
dall) 
THRYOMANES BEWICKI BEWICKI (Audubon). Bewick’s Wren. 
Very rare visitant or summer resident. 
This wren is slowly extending its range northward and has 
probably already reached the extreme south and east borders 
of the county, as it has been regularly seen in the adjoining 
county (Johnson) since 1907. Since its arrival in the latter 
district it has established itself as a breeder and has become 
noticeably less rare. Smithson states that he has seen as many 
as six in one morning at Warrensburg and has several times 
seen them carrying nesting material. 
The Bewick’s Wren is a much more desirable neighbor than 
the House Wren, as its beautiful song has none of the harsh 
and penetrating and, to some, disagreeable qualities of that 
bird. It is also more beautiful, graceful and less quarrelsome 
than the House Wren. 
TROGLODYTES AEDON PARKMANI Audubon. Western House Wren. 
Very common summer resident. 
Impatient House Wrens have been seen here as early as March 
15th (1903) and several times between the Ist and 10th of 
April. During some years they arrive between the 15th and 
