. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 346 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS back at the least provocation, until it seems as if the bird would tumble forward, pushed over by the efforts of its own tail, or overbalanced by the bobbing of its head. It flies little and only to move from cover to cover, where most of the time it keeps concealed. Driven from one cover it dives into the next. If unduly alarmed it may peer out for an instant in an apprehensive attitude, chirr or chatter once or twice, and disappear. Quick, active and extremely wary, the Winter Wren is well equippe
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 346 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS back at the least provocation, until it seems as if the bird would tumble forward, pushed over by the efforts of its own tail, or overbalanced by the bobbing of its head. It flies little and only to move from cover to cover, where most of the time it keeps concealed. Driven from one cover it dives into the next. If unduly alarmed it may peer out for an instant in an apprehensive attitude, chirr or chatter once or twice, and disappear. Quick, active and extremely wary, the Winter Wren is well equipped to secure its own safety. Mr. A. C. Bagg relates the following observation: ''As I was watching, a branch high above the bird came loose and fell a short distance. Quick. KET Summer Distribution of the Winter Wren in Massachusetts. as a flash the wren swung under the small branch he was on, suspended upside down. It was all over in an instant, but it showed me how constantly they are on the alert for the slightest ; Sometimes, however, the little bird's propensity to run into hollow logs, holes about the roots of trees and other dark holes results in misfortune. Dr. John B. May, writing from his summer camp at Squam Lake, New Hampshire, tells me that on two different occasions Winter Wrens entered his camp buildings through knot-holes in the walls, and, unable to flnd their way out again, perished, their shriveled bodies being found in the buildings the next spring. Mrs. Mary P. Hall writes that on September 30, 1926, she saw several Winter Wrens very much excited about something. They hardly noticed her, and as she came near she saw a chipmunk running with a bird in its mouth. The little squirrel sprang from the stone wall and went up a tree, dropping the bird as it did so. She picked up the victim, a Winter Wren. As a winter bird in the latitude of New England, this wren is a disappointment. A few remain here in mild winters, but those that attempt to brave ou
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