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SINGING BIRDS. 
country, but may often be heard on the tops of houses even in 
the midst of the city, warbling with his usual energy. 
The Hou.se Wren is a common summer resident of Massachu- 
setts, but is rarely seen north of this State. 
The only instance of its occurrence in New Brunswick is that of 
a pair seen at Grand Falls by Mr. C. F. Batchelder. It is fairly 
common near Montreal and through southern Ontario, and is 
abundant in Manitoba. It winters in the Middle States and 
southward. 
Note. — A Western form — distinguished from true aedon by' the 
prevalence of gray on its upper parts and its more distinct bars on 
the back — occurs from Illinois and Manitoba westward. This is 
Parkman’s Wren {T. a 'cdon parkmanii). 
The Wood Wren (71 americanus), mentioned by Nuttall on the 
authority of Audubon, should have been referred to T. aedon. 
WINTER WREN. 
Troglodytes hiemalis. 
Char. Above, reddish brown, brightest on the rump, marked with dark 
waved lines ; wings dusky, with dark bars and white spots ; under parts 
paler brown, belly and under tail-coverts with dark bars. Length about 
4 inches. 
Nest. At the foot of a moss-covered stump, or under a fallen tree, or 
amid a pile of brush ; composed of twigs and moss, lined with feathers. 
4-6 ; white, spotted, chiefly near the larger end, with reddish 
brown and purple ; 0.70 X 0.50. 
This little winter visitor, which approaches the Middle States 
in the month of October, seems scarcely in any way distin- 
guishable from the Common Wren of Europe. It sometimes 
passes the winter in Pennsylvania, and according to Audubon 
even breeds in the Great Pine Swamp in that State, as well as 
in New ’York. Early in the spring it is seen on its returning 
route to the Northwest. Mr. Say observed it in summer near 
the base of the Rocky Mountains; it was also seen, at the 
same season, on the White Mountains of New Hampshire by 
the scientific exploring party of Dr. Bigelow, Messrs. Boott 
