390 INSESSORES. TROGLODYTES. Wren. 



pairs. The Common Wren is the only European species, 

 but America produces several oth^s. 



COMMON WREN. 



Troglodytes europmvs, Cut: 



PLATE XLVII. Fig. 5. 



Troglodytes europaeus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 



Sylvia Troglodytes, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 547- sp. 148. 



Motacilla troglodytes, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 337- 46 — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 993. 



sp. 46 Rail Syn. p. 80. A. 11 — Will. p. 164. t. 42. 



Regulus, Briss. 3. p. 425. 24. 



Le Troglodyte, Buff. Ois. v. 5. p. 352. t. 16. f. l.—Td. PL Enl. p. 631. f. 2. 



Troglodyte ordinaire, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 233. 



Zaun-Sanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 215. A. 



Wren, Br. Zool. 1. No. 154 Arct. Zool. 2. No. 322 — Will. (Ang.) p. 229. 



t. 42 Lath. Syn. 4. p. 506. 143 Lewin's Br. Birds, 3. t. HI — Mont. 



Ornith. Diet.— R^afc. Syn. 2. t. 242 Pull. Cat. Dorset, p. 7 — Bewick's 



Br. Birds, 2. p. 227. 



Provincial — Kitty Wren, Kitty. 



The Wren is indigenous, and is found in all parts of this 

 kino-dom ; inhabiting; even the Northern Isles of Scotland, 

 as it is classed by Low, in his " Fauna Orcadensis,"" as a 

 constant resident there. Although, like the Redbreast, it 

 frequently approaches our out-houses and gardens, it is yet 

 a bird of very retired habits, and is generally seen alone, 

 except during the immediate pairing season. — Its song is 

 powerful in note, and sweetly varied ; and when uttered (as 

 is frequently the case) during the gloom of winter, acquires 

 an additional interest. — This little warbler begins to prepare 

 Nest, &c. its nest as early as the month of March, of curious structure, 

 and o-enerally placed under the thatch, or other covering of 

 out-houses, against the stem of an ivy-clad tree, or in some 

 cavity under an impending branch, or prominent piece of 

 rock. It has been observed by an eminent ornithologist, 

 that the Wren varies from other birds in the construction of 

 its nest ; not proceeding, as is usually done, by raising the 



