64 A Natural Htflory of 



Of the Common Wren. 



The Defcription and Chara&er. 



EXCEPTING it be thcGMen Crown d^ 

 Wren^ this is the fmalleft Bird found 

 in this Kingdom ^ it weighs about three 

 Drams ^ its Length, from the Point of the 

 Bill to End of the Tail, is four Inches and 

 an half. He commonly creeps about Hedges 

 and Holes, making but (hort Flights, and 

 if it be driven from the Hedges, may ea- 

 fily be tired and rundown. It will fit up. 

 on a Barn or Tree, d^^c. about a Farmer's 

 Yard, where it moftly frequents, and fing 

 exceeding fine 5 and being kept in a Cage 

 it will fing very fweetly, and with a higher 

 and louder Voice, than one would think 

 forits Strength and Bignefs, and is a very 

 pleafing Bird, that will fing a great many 

 Months in the Year: Some Perfons have 

 kept thefe Birds a great while in a Cage, 

 and have had them fing as (tout as if they 

 were in the Fields. 



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