Locality. 
Song- 
Nest, &c. 
196 PASSERES. TROGLODYTES. WREN. 
Common Wren.—Troglodytes europeus, Cuv. 
PLATE 4%. Fig. 5. 
Troglodytes europzeus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 
Sylvia Troglodytes, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 547. sp. 148. 
Motacilla Troglodytes, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 337. 46.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 993- 
sp. 46.—Raii, Syn. p. 80. A. 11.— Will. p. 164. t. 42. 
Regulus, Briss. 3. p. 425. 24. 
Le Troglodyte, Buff: Ois. v. 5. p. 352. t. 16. f. 1.—Zd. Pl. Enl. p. 631. fi 2. 
Troglodyte ordinaire, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 233. 
Zaun-Sanger, Meyer, 'Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 215. A. 
Wren, Br. Zool. 1. No. 154.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 322.—_Will. (Ang.) p. 229. 
t. 42.__Lath. Syn. 4. p. 506. 143.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 3. t. 111.—Mont. 
Ornith. Dict.—Wale. Syn. 2. t. 242.—_Pult, Cat. Dorset. p. 7.—Bewick’s 
Br. Birds, 2. p. 227. 
Provincial, Kitty Wren, Kitty. 
The wren is indigenous, and is found in all parts of this 
kingdom ; inhabiting even the Northern Isles of Scotland, as 
it is classed by Low, in his “ Fauna Orcadensis,” as a con- 
stant resident there. Although, like the redbreast, it fre- 
quently approaches our out-houses and gardens, it is yet.a 
bird of very retired habits, and is generally seen alone, ex- 
cept during the immediate pairing season.—Its song is power- 
ful in note, and sweetly varied; and when uttered (as is fre- 
quently the case) during the gloom of winter, acquires an ad- 
ditional interest—This little warbler begins to prepare its 
nest as early as the month of March, of curious structure, 
and generally placed under the thatch, or other covering of 
out-houses, against the stem of an ivy-clad tree, or in some 
cavity under an impending branch, or prominent piece of 
rock. It has been observed by an eminent ornithologist, 
that the wren varies from other birds in the construction of 
its nest ; not proceeding, as is usually done, by raising the 
fabric from the base upwards; but by first tracing the gene- 
ral outline of an oval form, against the tree, bank, or other 
place it may have selected, firmly fixing it by the upper part, 
and back, in its required position. After this it proceeds 
gradually to enclose the sides, leaving only a small neatly- 
