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trees, stumps, in niches under porches, boxes, etc., in June, occasionally second time 

 in August; eggs four to ten, white, thickly speckedjwith reddish brown. This bird is 

 very rare at Lansing, especially since the advent of the English Sparrow, but " very 

 common at Traverse City " (L. W. Watkins; " this bird leaves the vicinity of our dwel- 

 lings after breeding" (L.S.Foster). This little Wren nested in my whirling horse- 

 tether box, and repaired its nest time after time, as it would be destroyed by the 

 turning of the box — there were six eggs. 



Winter "Wren, slightly reduced. 



314^722(76). Troglodytes hiemalis Vieill. * Winter Wren. 



Common migrant; " transient in Monroe County, seen of tener in spring than in 

 fall" (Jerome Trombley); ''migrant at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); "very common in 

 spring, summer and fall, and occasionally in late' winter, breeds" (Dr. M. Gibbs); 

 reported by S. E. White at Grand Rapids, June 11, 1891; " rare at Ann Arbor " (Dr. J. 

 B. Steere); it is very rare at Lansing; " Kent County, where it breeds, and Maskinac 

 Island" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); rather shy; "breeds in Upper 

 Peninsula" (Prof . Ludwig Kumlein); E. W. Durfee took a nest near Grand Rapids; 

 ■■' nesting habits much as in last species " (Davie's Nests and Eggs on North Ameri- 

 can Birds, p. 407); though it may nest in brush-piles, etc.; nest lined with feathers; 

 eggs four to nine, white, minutely specked with brown; feeds on insects and insects' 

 eggs; " song loud and hearty, scolds vigorously at intrusion " (E. L. Moseley). 



Genus CISTOTHORTJS Cab. 



Short-billed Marsh Wren, natural eize. 

 315-724(8 1). Cistothorns stellaris (Licht.). * Short-billed Maesh Wren. 



Rather common; summer; "rare at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); 'Lenawee 

 County" (A. H. Boies); "common in marshes at the west end of Lake Erie" 



