of the largest city in the Northwest, four varieties of wrens 
may be found. One kind, the western, or Pacific house 
wren, will share man’s house, if his inquisitive brown eyes 
ean find a friendly knothole through which he can slip his 
slim little body; while the western winter wren and the 
Seattle wren may easily be found also within the limits of 
this city. At the same time a listening ear and a watchful 
eye may add to the pleasure of the rapid motion of an 
automobile by glimpses of the tule, or California marsh | 
wren as the passengers whirl across the cattail swamp ~ 
back of one city’s great university, or along the lake 
boulevards which add charm to the advertisements of that 
region; and the western marsh wren may be found is 
suitable places east of the Cascades. 
To the individual who stops in the mad nee of acquir- 2 
ing dollars and responds to the friendly advances of the > 
Pacific house wren, when he returns after the season, — 
which he, too, spends with his wealthy neighbors in avoid- — 
ing the winds and rains of a possible blustering winter, he 
will afford an endless fund of conversational material, and 
often will comfort the weariness of otherwise useless hours 
of idleness. He will be found to have his moods and opin- 
ions, which will take tong observation before the last one 
can be imagined. | 
One bird woman thinks that a “Sammy Wren” lived in | 
her attic for three summers with his first wife; and spent 
his fourth season in the yard with a new bride after the 
disappearance of the little mate that had winged with him 
the thousands of miles of their last journey. His tiny 
warbler size, his upturned tail, and his finely-barred eray- 
ish-brown body were not distinguishing marks that would | 
_ have passed in a court of law for identification, but his. 
actions were convincing evidence to her that he was her 
old tenant. | 4 
~He knew so well all the nooks and crannies of the 
- clematis vine over the trellis, of the cedar hedge which shuts 
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