Nesting of the Carolina Wren. 



While the Carolina Wren is reported as 

 occurring in nearly all parts of the state of 

 Pennsylvania, it is exceedingly abundant 



jialong the Wissahickon Creek,Philadelphia. 



/ This rather shy bird spends most of its 



|time in the vicinity of water, around bush 

 piles and old logs, and may often be seen 

 circling about the trunks of trees, collect- 

 ing beetles and insects. 



I have found as high as thirteen nests of 



[this species in two days, all of which were 

 'built in the ruined walls of old houses and 



'mills, except two, which were constructed 

 in holes in stumps of trees. The nest is 



' composed of moss, leaves, weeds, and 

 grass. 



The eggs, generally six or seven in num- 

 |ber, creamy white, spotted and blotched 

 |with reddish brown and lilac, measure 

 about .56X.75 to .60X.80. 

 \ I would like to hear (through the col- 

 umns of this paper) from some of the 

 readers of the "O & O." as to the abund- 

 ance of the Carolina Wren in their States. 



M. L. C. Wilde. 



O.&O.V0I.I8, Jan. 1893 p. 15 



