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North American Birds Eggs. 



7 I 9e. Northwest Bewick Wren. 7'./) .rntoplioDu.t. 



Kiuige. — I'iU'itic CDiist from Oregon to British Columbia. 



Tliese last two sul>-spe(.nes have recently been separated from N'igors Wren, 

 but their liabits and eggs remain the same as those of that variety. 



7 19.1. San Clemente Wren. Thri/tiiiuiiiCfi Iciirniihrj/x. 



Range. — San Clemente Island, California. 



This species is similar to \'igors Wren but is grayer and paler above. It is 

 not peculiar in its nesting habits and the eggs are like those of IxHUckii. 



720. Guadalupe Wren. TIii-i/oiikuics hrrricitinliix. •"'■ 



Range. — (.iuadalupe Island. 



A very similar species to the N'igors Wren; nesting habits and the eggs are 

 not apt to differ in any respect. 



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House Wren. Tnii/lodiitis iit-ihiii. 

 ,,-(•; Range — North America east of the Mississippi, breeding 



;^S the Ciulf north to Manitoba and Ontario; winters in the southern 



«|t_^, half of the United States. 



^^HaJUlll'^ This familiar and noisy little Wri'u is the most abundant and 

 ^^^^^ widely distributed of the Wrens; they are met with on the edges 

 ll'iiikish white.lot w'oods, swamps, Helds, pastures, orchards and very frequently 

 build about houses, in bird houses or any nook that may suit them; they till 

 the cavity of the place they nuiy select with twigs, grass, feathers, plant down, 

 etc., and lay from live to nine eggs in a set and frequentJy three sets a year. 

 The eggs arc pinkish white, very profusely and minutely dotted with pale 

 reddish brown so as to make the egg appear to be a nearly uniform salmon 

 color and with a. wreath of darker spots about the large end. Size .(15 x .52. 

 Jlata. — Gretna, N. Y., May l.",l, lSi)(i. Nest three feet from the ground in 

 of an apple tree; made of twigs and grass, and lined with 1 

 Collector, L. S. Morton. 



721a. Parkman Wren. T. ii. /iiirkiiKUiii. 



Range. — Pacific coast from British Columbia southward. 



The habits and eggs of this variety are the same in every particular as those 

 of the eastern House Wren. 



72 1b. Western House Wren. T. <i. dzlccilti. 



Range. — United States, from the Mississippi Valley to eastern California. 



This variety is grayer above and below than the eastern form, but its habits 

 and eggs do not differ in any respect. 



722. Winter Wren. OlMorrhiluii hicmali,'<. 



Range. — Kastern North America, breeding frtnii northern United States north- 

 ward, and south in the Alleghanies to North Carolina; winters in the United 

 States. 



These are the smallest of the WrcMis, being but four inches in 

 length; they have a very short tail which, like those of theothers, 

 is carried erect over the back during excitement or anger. They 

 are very sly birils and creep about through stone walls and under 

 l)rush like so nuuiy mice; they have a sweet song but not as loud 

 as that of the House Wren. 'Pheir nests are placed in crevices of 

 stumps, walls, old buililings or in brush heaps, being nuule of 

 twigs and leaves^lined with feathers. Their eggs, which are laid during l\lay or 

 June, are pure white, tinelv and sparingly dotted with reddish brown; size 

 .(10 X .4H. 



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