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COMMON WREN. 
Defcripiion and Character . 
F Xrepting the Golden-crowned Wren, this 
! is the fmalleft bird found in this king- 
dom : it weighs about three drachms ; its length, 
from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, 
is about four inches. 
It commonly creeps about hedges and holes, 
making but fhort flights, and, if it be driven 
from the hedges, may cafily be tired and run 
down. 
It will fit upon a barn or tree, &c. about 
farm-yards, where it moftly frequents, and fing 
exceeding fine : when kept in a cage, it wilt 
fing very fweetly, and with a higher and louder 
voice than can be imagined for its flrength and 
bignefs, being a very pleafant bird, that will fing 
a great many months in the year. 
Some perfons have kept thefe birds a lonp- 
time in a cage, and have had them to fing as 
flout as if they were in the fields. 
