164 THE NATURAL HISTORY 

Phe indict -ine@e wre their food. In he 
fummer, they take them on the wing; in the 
winter, they feed upon their larvee, their chryfae ! 
lids, and upon Jittle worms; eee chal ly 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 i in ‘prefer 
- rence -fo any others. 'T] hey are very fprightlyy 
: 
and in “perpetual motion, running along the. 
branches j in every direction, fometimes with theif 
- backs downwards like the Titmoufe, fearching 
for infects in every little cavity of the bark. The 
Crefted Wren is found in every quarter of the 
- globe, and flays with us in England alt the yeate 
- Its fong is faid to be delightful, but weaker than 
that of the common Wren; it has been feen ful- 
pended on the wing for a confiderable time over 
a se in bloflom, finging melodioully. 
Tis “YELLOW WREN., 
The plumage.is an olive green, the eye-brows yellowill, : 
the wings and tail are brown, edged with yellowifh greem — 
‘Its food is flies and other little infeéts,. During. 
the fummer it inhabits woods, making its neft in : 
= the mott concealed parts of bufhes, or in thick 
a sa 

