J Ci THE NATURAL HISTORY 
In the fpring the Wren frequents woods, where 
it builds its neft under thick and leafy branches, 
at no great diftance from the ground, fometimes 
in a mofly bank, or in the projecting margin of a 
little ftream, under the trunk of a tree, againft a 
rock, and fometimes in the roofs of the folitary 
cots of faggot-fnakers in the woods. The out- 
fide of tnis curious ftrudture is compofcd entirely 
of mofs, and neatly lined with feathers. It is 
almoft round, and fo uncouth on the outfidc as 
to refcmblc a mofs-grown clod, and excite of 
courfe no attention. A little entrance is left on 
the fide; the Wren lays from ten to eighteen fmall 
eggs, of a dingy white, fpotted at the larger end 
with red. 
If file perceive that her neft is difeovered, flic 
immediately forfakes. it. 
Sometimes the fitld-moufe takes pofleflion of a 
W ren s neft, but whether it be lirft deferred, or 
whether the moufc deftroys the young, is not 
known. 
Like the Robin the Wren fings late in uc 
evening, and early in the morning. 
It inhabits every part of Europe, and continues 
with us in England all the year. 
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