C istotliorus loalustrls . 



Fresli Pond, Caiabridyo, Liass. 



1899. i.lr . G.Ivi. Allen sent the follov/ini-, report to the IJuttall 



Ivlay 11. Club of an observation nade by himself. The report was read 

 Ivlay IGtxi:- 



Tv70 Lony-Dilled Ivlarsh wrens. One of these two Wrens was 

 watolied for about twenty rainutes, as it stayed near the edge 

 of the cat tail bog by the railroad tracks. The bird was ap- 

 parently alone and sang frequexifcly and so was almost certain- 

 ly a male. It would climb up a cat tail stem and sing once 

 or tivice in the usual way turning its head from side to side, 

 and then would dror^ down aiaong the dead rushes and after 

 hop])int5 about a fev? seconds, seize the end of a dead cat tail 

 leaf, pull off a strip several inches in length, and fly with 

 it to a spot among the rushes where was the beginning of a nest. 

 This nest was a mere fraiaeworh, roughly globular, and was 

 being constantly added to while watched. It was among dead 

 rushes about a foot rrom the water as the now growth had not 

 yet reached above that height. Tlie bird made many of these 

 short trips during the time it was observed, and al'ways 

 stopped to sing a fe?/ times between the trips for material. 

 At no time did it go farther than twenty feet from its xiest. 



