. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 68 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. Honse Wren 6. House "Wren (721. Troglddytes aedon). — A dark-brown wren, with the tail decidedly more reddish than the back. The wings, tail, sides, and flanks are fully cross-barred with darker lines, and the under parts are whitish. As its name indicates, it likes to live near human habita- tions, returning to the same place year after year, and building its nest in the same hole in a log, bird box, or chink in an outhouse. It is act
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 68 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. Honse Wren 6. House "Wren (721. Troglddytes aedon). — A dark-brown wren, with the tail decidedly more reddish than the back. The wings, tail, sides, and flanks are fully cross-barred with darker lines, and the under parts are whitish. As its name indicates, it likes to live near human habita- tions, returning to the same place year after year, and building its nest in the same hole in a log, bird box, or chink in an outhouse. It is active, irritable, noisy, and coura- geous. It is resident in the Southern States, and is there so numerous in winter as to overflow the settled regions, and so is found in the forests miles from any house. Length, 5; wing, 2 (1J-2|); tail, IJ; tarsus, f; culmen, ^. Eastern United States north to southern Ontario, and west to Indiana and iana. It winters from South Carolina southward. The Western House Wren (721'>. T. a. dzte- cus) is a variety of this species with less of red on the upper parts, and the hack and rump are very distinctly barred with blackish. As a whole, it is a lighter colored bird. Interior United States from near tlie Pacific, eastward to Illinois. 7. Winter Wren (722. Troglddytes hir emMis). — A small, very short - tailed, cinnamon-brown wren, with more brownish under parts than any other species of ours. In its breeding range of the north, it is a very sweet singer; in other. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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