The Can 
* ■ i themselves and the 
vYe found five occupied 
■ .ithout half trying, Of 
■•e.d six respectively. The 
•: (he eggs of the larger set 
chopped off, squared or 
nstead of in nature’s work- 
; ■ exceptions, was elongated 
•> ork. 
iothes. Either their seclusion 
:.ug fashions, or else they had 
'■ the season. The “splitters” 
n birds, but so far they have 
•aipinctian propriety—a wide 
Auburn Canyon Wren 
About yi, life size 
From a water-color painting by Allan Brooks 
i, shading 
’.-rnv u ( nearest 
iiTv. ii (amber- 
he head, neck, 
v.-shaped marks 
fuscous, finely 
ughout, crossed 
r above, paling 
:•> birds lack the 
1 are nearly un- 
'•,.'.4 !,2.o6); bill 
: ‘ a ■ 1 . ; i ris: throat broadly 
• ‘ . ;■■■: >aii fineU barred with 
.igu.rhec. r; :; .1 .Sa/pic* U s obsoletus . Has 
■‘.rid unions c>( western United Statesand Mexico. 
' >. pper and bower Sonoran zones of Great Basin and 
rda ' Mono Lake), Nevada, and south-eastern 
. ’•••• - re. ' o.if, Sonora, and Chihuahua” (A. O. Lb). 
• -..s rhe Sierras, chiefly in the desert 
Ion on: souti to the Providence Mount- 
