. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. WRENS 193 and grayer on crown, wliere the feathers have the central portion indistinctly darker; brighter or more rufescent on rump and upper tail-coverts; back and shoulders, sometimes narrowly and indistinctly barred with dusky ; upper tail-coverts, narrowly barred with dusky; tail, greater zi'iny-covcrts, and secondaries, /iroii')/. narroii'ly barred zvith black: primaries dusky, their outer webs spotted with pale brown, these spots in transverse series forming regular, broad bars; under eye, cheek, and ear regions (except upper portion of the la
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. WRENS 193 and grayer on crown, wliere the feathers have the central portion indistinctly darker; brighter or more rufescent on rump and upper tail-coverts; back and shoulders, sometimes narrowly and indistinctly barred with dusky ; upper tail-coverts, narrowly barred with dusky; tail, greater zi'iny-covcrts, and secondaries, /iroii')/. narroii'ly barred zvith black: primaries dusky, their outer webs spotted with pale brown, these spots in transverse series forming regular, broad bars; under eye, cheek, and ear regions (except upper portion of the latter), very pale grayish-butTy or dull brownish-white; chin, throat. a)id abdomen, dull lehite, the last some- times speckled with dusky: chest and sides of breast, very pale grayish-brown or grayish-buflfy, passing into a deeper and more decidedly brown hue on sides and flanks, which are barred (narrowly) with darker brown or dusky; under tail-coverts, dull white tinged or inter- mixed with rusty-brown and irregularly barred with black; iris, brown. Nest and Eggs.— Xest : Usually in boxes erected by man for their convenience, under house cornices and eaves, in fact almost anywhere, from the pocket of a scarecrow to 'an old tin can on the ground; con- structed of small twigs, grass, feathers, spiders' webs, and lined with soft strips of bark, down, or feathers. Eggs : From 6 to 8, dull white so profusely spotted with reddish- or pinkish-brown as to obscure the ground color. Distribution.— Eastern United States and Canada ; breeds north to New Brunswick, Maine, Ontario, Michi- gan, and eastern Wisconsin, and south to Virginia and Kentucky; winters in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and through eastern Texas to eastern Mexico. Fussy little " Jenny " Wren has the proud dis- tinction of having forced upon her entire species the popular name which was given her by the early English colonists, in memory of the much milder mannered bird of the old country. As Mrs. \\
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