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Wren, House (continued) 



Call no. 



Nu WrH9 Adult at Entrance to Nesting Box on Porch. Ithaca. 

 (May 9, 1914) Allen 



The box is homemade but properly built. 



See also bird box occupied by house wren, Nu ZB3, p. 154. 



Wren, Long-billed Marsh (Telmatodytes palnstris palustris) 



A common summer resident of New York in the vicinity of 

 swamps, larger lakes, the Hudson and Niagara rivers. 5.2 



Nu WrL2 Nest Attached to Reeds Showing General Form of Nest 

 and Entrance on Side 



This bird nests among the reeds and cat-tails. Several nests 

 are usually built in a group and only one of them used. 



Nu WrL3 Characteristic Marshy Nesting Site, Nest on Reeds in 

 Foreground. Montezuma. (June 21, 1914) Allen 



Long-billed marsh wrens build more nests than they occupy 

 for breeding and one may examine six or eight before finding one 

 with eggs. This is one of the duplicate nests. 



Nu WrL4 Longitudinal Section of Nest Showing Ledge of Cat-tail 

 Down at Entrance. Renwick, near Ithaca. (June 

 1910) Allen 



This nest was used while the two above were not. 



Nu WrL6 Adult Entering Hole of Nest 



Notice the material and form of the nest. Compare with that 

 of the ovenbird. 



Nu WrL7 Adult at Nest, Side View; Sagitarria. Ithaca. (1908) 



Bailey 



Nu WrL9 Bumblebee's Nest in Nest of Marsh Wren. Renwick, 

 near Ithaca Allen 



The bumblebee ordinarily utilizes nests of the meadow mouse 

 but apparently finds that of the marsh wren also quite to its 

 liking. This nest has been cut in half. 



