YELLOW WRENe 
Wren; which has only an additional white 
spot on the wing, and a yellow crest. 
, *' The Yellow Wren resides in the woods 
during summer. It builds it's nest in the heart 
of the bushes, or in a tuft of thick herbage. 
The construction is as artful as it is concealed. 
The outside consists of moss, and the inside 
is lined with hair or wool. The whole is 
closely interwoven, and covered ; and is 
shaped like a ball, in the same manner as that 
of the Gold-Crested Wren, of the Common 
Wren, and of the Lo^g-Tailed Titmouse. It 
should seem, that the mo'icq of Nature has di- 
Tected these four very srBall birds to the structure 
!of this nest ; since their, heat, if not guarded and 
concentrated, would be insufficient for incuba- 
tion: and this is an additional proof that, in all 
animals, the faculty of propagating their species, 
perTiaps, surpasses the instinct for self-preserva- 
tion. The Female kys, commonly, four or 
five eggs-, and, sometimes, six or seven ; of a 
dirty white, colour, dotted with reddish. The 
y-oung ones remain in the nest, till they can fly 
with ease." 
■ A note, from Sa^erne, is here quoted by. Buf- 
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