COMMON WREN. 
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Difingmjhing Marls of the Cock and Hen. 
The cock is of a dark colour; the head, 
neck, and upper parts of the body, are of a 
mix’d brown ; the throat of paleifh yellow ; the 
bread more inclined to white, t.ie belly of a 
duflcy coloured red ; the tips of the wings, and 
covert feathers of the tail, are beautifully va- 
riegated with a few yellowifh and blackifh fpots 
upon them, and are brighter than thofe on the 
hen. 
The hen-bird is all over of a reddifh brown 
colour, excepting the lines a-crofs her tail and 
wings, which are black and reddifh. 
The bird with the largeil eye is generally 
thought to be a cock. The difference in thofe 
birds., while young, can hardly be known, till 
the cock begins to record and ling. 
Time and Manner of building their Nef , c. 
The Wren has young ones in May ; fhe 
builds her neft fometimes in the holes of old 
Walls, and frequently in the eaves of thatched 
houfes, fuch as ftables, or other out-houfes, 
but more commonly in woods and hedges, in a. 
very artificial manner t it is of a fort of oval 
