268 W R E N. ClafsH. 



X. The W R E N, 



Roy telet, Bceuf de Dieu, & Beri- Le Roitelet, ReguluS. Bfiffbn av. 



chot. Belon a<v. 343. iii. 425. 



Trilaco, obf. 12. Motacilla troglodytes. Lin.fyfi. 



Paffer troglodytes. Gefner a<v. 337. 



651. Fauu. Suec.fp. 261. 



Aldr. av. ii. 292. Nelle-Konge. Brunnich. 284. 



Reatino. Olina 6. Schneekoning,Konickerl,Zaun» 



Wil. om 229. fchlupferl. Kiam. 378. 



Raii fyn. av. 80. Br. Z00L 102. 



THE wren may be placed among the fineft of 

 our finging birds, though its note is of no long 

 continuance ; only during the breeding feafon. It 

 makes its neft in a very curious manner •, of an oval 

 fhape, very deep, with a fmall hole in the middle for 

 egrefs and regrefs : the external material is mofs r 

 within it is lined with hair and feathers. It lays from 

 ten to eighteen eggs ; and as often brings up as many 

 young ; which, as Mr. Ray obferves, may be ranked 

 among thofe daily miracles that we take no notice of; 

 that it mould feed fuch a number without paffing over 

 one, and that too in utter darknefs. 

 B f The head and upper part of the body of the wren 



are of a deep redd .Hi brown : above each eye is a 

 ftroke of white : the back, and coverts of the wings, 

 and tail, are marked with flender tranfverfe black 

 lines: the quil feathers with bars of black and red. 

 The throat is of a yellowifh white. The belly and 

 fides crolTcd with narrow dufky and pale reddilh brown 



lines. The tail is croffed with dufKy bars.- 

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