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being relieved. Indeed it is a marvel to me that even a female 
wren can sit still. They have such nervous temperaments that an 
entire change of nidification, whereby solar heat could be depended 
upon, would, no doubt, be hailed by them with joy. 
Five young birds were hatched April 9. When twenty days 
old they were able to fly, and had left the nest and apparently 
their parents. I saw them, evidently shifting for themselves, two 
days later, when they disappeared. May 14 the old birds were 
again building a nest, this time in another building, but in a simi- 
lar position. The structure was identical in shape and size, but 
differed in being largely lined with snake-skins. It was completed 
by May 20, and a week later seven eggs had been laid, and June 
7 six eggs were hatched. The young were on the wing July 1. 
July 15 a third nest was found nearly completed. Five eggs 
were laid by the.23d, and on August 8 the young birds of the third 
brood had appeared, These could fly by the 26th of the month, 
and had left the nest and the neighborhood by the 3oth. 
It is now a few days more than a year since my attention was 
particularly called to the single Carolina wren that frequented the 
stable. During the past twelve months it was closely watched, 
_ and every habit noted. When I was absent others observed it for 
me, and nothing of importance escaped attention. While I am 
writing these concluding lines I can hear the bird singing merrily 
as it sits upon the. top of the hop-vine pole, of late its favorite 
perch. While listening to its song it is a proper time to sum up 
the results of what I have seen and heard. Asa songster it ranks 
very high, and its utterances were all original. As a spider-hunter 
it is as active as any of the family of wrens. As a courageous 
foe of the English sparrows it is a’blessing to the community. 
