244 WRENS. 



cadence tliat holds you entranced," but while with us the 

 bird's only note is an impatient chimp, chiinp, suggest- 

 ing the Song Sparrow's call-note. 



The Carolina "Wren is a more southern bird than the 

 House Wren. It is of only local distribution north of 

 CaroUna Wren, southern New Jersey, and is rarely 

 Thryotkvrus found north of the vicinity of New 



ludoiHcianus. York city, where it appears to be in- 

 creasing in numbers and is found throughout the year. 

 This Wren is half an inch longer and decidedly heavier 

 than the House Wren ; its upper parts are bright cinna- 

 mon, its under parts washed with the same color, and 

 a conspicuous white line passes from the bill over the 

 eye. 



The Caroliaa Wren is an exceedingly musical bird, 

 and its loud whistled calls are among the most character- 

 istic bird notes in the South. They are numerous and 

 varied, the most common resembling the syllaljles loliee- 

 tidel, whee-udel, lohee-itdel, and tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea- 

 kettle. 



The haunts of most marsh-inhabiting birds are as 



sharjjly defined as the limits of their ranges. The Long- 



billed Marsh Wren is not known in 



Long-Dilled 



Marsh Wren the East north of Massachusetts, but I 



Cistothortis pahistris. would as soon expect to find one of 



Plate LXix. these birds in Greenland as out of a 



marsh. Tliey arrive from the South early in May and 



remain until October, li\'lng in marshes where cat-tails 



grow, to which they may attach their bulky, globular 



nests of reeds and grasses. With the superabundant 



vigor of Wrens they build more nests than they can 



possibly occupy, and many will be examined before the 



five to six dark brown eggs are found. 



The Marsh Wren is quite as active and irrepressible 



as the other members of his family. His call is the cus- 



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