THE RESIDENT 



SONG BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



THE WREN. 



Sylvia troglodytes, Lath. 



This interesting little bird is a native of every 

 part of Europe. It is familiarly called Cutty, Katy, 

 or Kitty Wren. It measures about four inches from 

 the point of the bill, which is full half an inch long, 

 to the tip of the tail. In form it is short and 

 dumpy, and carries the tail in an erect posture. 

 It is found in hedges or trees in the vicinity of 

 farmyards, and is often seen hopping, or creeping, 

 mouselike, about an ivied stump, or the small twigs 

 at the base of a willow, or other tree by the 

 side of a stream. Like the Redbreast, this pretty 

 warbler frequently approaches the habitation of 

 man, and enlivens his garden with its song. Pen- 

 nant says, it may be placed among the finest of our 

 singing birds. The loudness of its note is remark- 

 able, considering the size of the bird. 



A contributor to Loudon's Magazine of Natural 

 History (J. Main) well describes the Wren as " one 

 of the smallest and most vivacious of birds : fami- 



