SYLVIA TROGLODYTES. 
COMMON WREN. 
Generic Character. See Sj/lvia luscinia. 
Synonyms. 
Bylvia Troglodytes. Ind. Orn. 547. 
MoTAciLLA Troglodytes. Lin. Syst. 1. p. 337. 46. 
Wren. Br. Zool 1. 154. Lath. Si^n. 4. p, 506« 
No. 143. Mont. Orn, Diet. Bewick's Br. 
Birds, Fl.l. p. 235 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. Pt. L 
JL HIS species is in length from three to four inches, and 
weighs rather more than a quarter of an ounce ; bill near 
half an inch long, slightly curved ; eyes large and dark 5 
legs slender; claws large (in proportion to the size of the 
bird) and much curved. Colours alike in both sexes. It 
lays from eight to fourteen white eggs, delicately marked 
with red spots, which are usually most numerous at the 
largest end, the spots are not constant, as we have a nest 
containing thirteen eggs, nine of which are spotted, and 
the remaining four quite plain. 
The Wren is common throughout the kingdom, in 
winter it frequents gardens, and seeks shelter in out-build- 
ings ; at that season it is very familiar, it braves the severest 
weather, 
