WOOD WREN. 
185 
The young nestlings resemble the parents, but, on account 
of the loose texture of their feathers, their colours are less 
distinct and perfect. 
The entire length of the Wood Wren is five inches and 
a quarter. The beak measures four lines and a half, the 
tarsus nine lines ; the tail-feathers measure two inches, but 
extend only eight lines beyond the closed wings : the tail 
is slightly forked. The wing measures from the carpus to 
the tip three inches ; the first feather is short, the third the 
longest in the wing. 
On the Continent of Europe the Wood Wren is well 
known, but is not considered to be anywhere plentiful: it is 
found in France, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, 
and extends as far north as the middle of Sweden. Its resi¬ 
dence in Europe is not so prolonged as that of many other 
summer birds, as it arrives seldom before May, and departs 
in August or September. 
The egg of the Wood Wren is figured 71. 
