164 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
The (mallei! infers are their food. In the 
fummer, they take them on the wing; in the 
winter, they feed upon their larvae, their chryfa- 
lids, and upon little worms;, occafionally they 
eat (mall feeds, particularly the feeds of fennel, 
and they turn over the earth or decayed wood 
which is in the hollow parts of willows, proba¬ 
bly for the larvae of infects. 
They frequent oak trees, feemingly in prefe¬ 
rence to any others. T hey are very fprightly, 
and in perpetual motion, running along the 
branches in every direction, fometimes with their 
backs downwards like the Titmoufe, fearching 
for infers in every little cavity of the .bark. The 
Crefled Wren is found in every quarter of the 
globe, and Hays with us in England all the year. 
Its fong is faid to be delightful, but weaker than 
that of the common Wren ; it has been feen fuf- 
pended on the wing for a confiderablc time over 
a bu(h in blofibm, Tinging melodioufly. 
The YELLOW WREN. 
The plumage is an olive green, the eye-brows yeilowifh, 
the wings and tail arc brown, edged with yeilowifh green. 
Its food is flies and other little infe&s During 
the fummer it inhabits woods, making its neft in 
the mod concealed parts of bulhes, or in thick 
grafs ; 
