HOUSE WREN. 
WOOD WREN. 
TROGLODYTES AEDON. 
CuHar. Above, reddish brown (sometimes with dark bars), darker on 
the head; below, brownish white, marked irregularly with dark lines; 
wings and tail with fine waved lines. Length about 5 inches. 
Nest. On the eaves of houses or in a barn or hollow tree, etc. ; made 
of grass, twigs, etc.; the hole generally filled with rubbish and lined 
with feathers. 
Eggs. 7-9; white tinted with pink, densely marked with reddish 
brown; 0.65 X 0.50. 
This lively, cheerful, capricious, and well-known little min- 
strel is only a summer resident in the United States. Its 
northern migrations extend to Labrador, but it resides and 
rears its young principally in the Middle States. My friend 
Mr. Say also observed this species near Pembino, beyond the 
sources of the Mississippi, in the Western wilderness of the 
4gth degree of latitude. It is likewise said to be an inhabitant 
of Surinam, within the tropics, where its delightful melody has 
gained it the nickname of the Nightingale. This region, or 
the intermediate country of Mexico, is probably the winter 
quarters of our domestic favorite. In Louisiana it is unknown 
even as a transient visitor, migrating apparently to the east of 
