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more decoy was found a short distance further on in a 

 long-deserted placer mine." • 



Unfortunately Mr. Bowles's excellent description — a 

 part of which I have quoted here from " The Condor," 

 Vol. III. No. 1 — does not record the rearing of the 

 brood or the manner of feeding the young, and these I 

 supply from my own notebook. 



One particular pair which my notes record nested in 

 the crevice of an old stump, which, when the young 

 were five days old, I broke open slightly to obtain a 

 better view. This did not in the least deter the daunt- 

 less parents from caring for the nestlings, though it 

 doubtless caused them much anxiety. The young of 

 this Wren resemble the young of tule wrens when first 

 hatched, and are rather slow in feathering. They are 

 fed by regurgitation for several days after hatching, the 

 menu being chiefly small grubs which the busy little 

 parents pick out of the bark of the coniferous trees. 

 They are fed on insects and worms also. After the 

 sixth day the food is mostly given in the fresh condition. 

 The Wren nestlings leave the nest between the seven- 

 teenth and twenty-first days. 



725 a. TULE WREN. — Telmatodytes palustris paludicola. 

 Family : The Wrens, Thrashers, etc. 



Length: 4.50-5.75. 



Top of head black ; crown brown ; middle of back with triangular 



black patch, streaked with white ; rest of upper parts buffy brown ; 



tail-coverts and middle-tail feathers barred with black ; under parts 



buffy white, browner on sides. 

 Geographical Distribution: Pacific coast from British Columbia to 



Mexico. 



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