. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . —Adult: Above, grayish rufous-brown, duller and lighter onforepart^: brighter and more rufous on rump, which has concealed downy white 3o8 THE WESTERN HOUSE WREN. spots; back and scapulars barred (rarely indistinctly) witli dusky; wings onexposed webs and tail all over distinctly and finely dusky-barred ; sides of headspeckled grayish brown, without definite pattern ; below, light grayish brown,indistinctly speckled or banded with darker brownish on fore-parts;
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . —Adult: Above, grayish rufous-brown, duller and lighter onforepart^: brighter and more rufous on rump, which has concealed downy white 3o8 THE WESTERN HOUSE WREN. spots; back and scapulars barred (rarely indistinctly) witli dusky; wings onexposed webs and tail all over distinctly and finely dusky-barred ; sides of headspeckled grayish brown, without definite pattern ; below, light grayish brown,indistinctly speckled or banded with darker brownish on fore-parts; heavilyspeckled and banded with dusky and whitish on flanks and crissum ; bill blackabove, lighter below ; culmen slightly curved ; feet brownish. Length (,^); wing (): tail () ; bill .51 (13 ); tarsus .68 (). Recognition Marks.—Warbler size; brown above, lighter below; everywheremore or less s])ecklcd and banded with dusky, brownish, or white. Larger andwith longer tail than Western Winter Wren. Nesting.—Nest: of sticks and trash, lined with fine grasses or chicken-. Takcn in Oregon HOWS THE \\K.\THEU OUTSIDE? WESTERN HOUSE WREN AT ENTRANCE OF NESTING HOLE. feathers, placed in bird-boxes, holes in orchard trees, crannies of out-buildings,etc. Eggs: 4-8, white, heavily speckled, and usually more or less tinged withpinkish brown or vinaceous, with a wreath of a heavier shade about the largerend. Average size, . (). Season: About May 15; one Range.—Western LTnited States and Canada, north to BritishColumbia, Alberta and Manitoba, east to Illinois, south to Mexico. Range in Washington.—Not common summer resident, confined to loweraltitudes and, usually, vicinity of settlements. Migrations.—Spring: Tacoma, April 25, 1906, April 28, 1907. Authorities.—? Trncjloditcs fnkiis Ornithological Committee, Jonrn. Sci. Ihila. V^U. 1837, p. 193 (Columbia River). ? Troglodytes parkuianii THE WESTERN HOUS
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