. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . lethe inner lining is of feath-ers, which the Sooty and theRutfed have largelycontributed to the uphol-stered luxury of this morlelhome. Cocks nests, or decoys,are the faxorite diversion of I^^^^^^^y^^^^^^^^HH^^^^^H bird, s<^ ^^^^^^i^^^^^^^f^^^^^^^l ac- tivities of four-year-olcl chil-dren, one sighs to think ofthe prodigious waste of en-ergies entailed. The alxirig-inal cause of this quaint in-stinct, so ])revalent amongthe Wrens, would seem tobe th
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . lethe inner lining is of feath-ers, which the Sooty and theRutfed have largelycontributed to the uphol-stered luxury of this morlelhome. Cocks nests, or decoys,are the faxorite diversion of I^^^^^^^y^^^^^^^^HH^^^^^H bird, s<^ ^^^^^^i^^^^^^^f^^^^^^^l ac- tivities of four-year-olcl chil-dren, one sighs to think ofthe prodigious waste of en-ergies entailed. The alxirig-inal cause of this quaint in-stinct, so ])revalent amongthe Wrens, would seem tobe the desire to deceive anddiscourage enemies, but inthe rase of the Winter WrenK is led to sus|H-ct that theird-working husband is\ing to meet a ])er|Ktuallallengc tortimities. A troop of young Wrensjust out <if the nest is a cun-ning sight. The anxious parents counsel flight and the inorc circums|)cct ofthe brood obev. but now and then one less sophisticated allows a littlepleasant talk, blarney, to quiet his beating heart. Then a little litillation. .\Nn OF WtbTKKN ISTUMP. (TlMf HOIOVED. AN IM51AL K MTIKOSITe Wlienl! KIONCII HAVE Kxr«CT«0 TO HUD OMCON CIIICKADKC. THE ROCK WREN. 315 of the cniwn feathers will quite win liiin (i\er. so that he will accept agently insistent finger in place of the twig which has been his unfaltering trust of childhood has subdued many a savage heart, butwhen it is exemplified in a baby ^^ren one feels the ultimate ap])eal totenderness. Mr. Brown, of Glacier, coming upon an old Russet-backed Thrushnest at dusk, thrust an e.\]jlorator_\ finger o\er its brim. Judge of hissurprise when out swarmed seven young Winter \\rens. Mr. Brown feelsreasonably sure, however, that the birds were hatched elsewhere, and thatthe} were only roosting temporarih- in the larger nest, in \\e\v of its am])leraccommodations. No. 121. ROCK WREN. A. O. U. Xo. 715. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say). Description.—Adults: Above brownish s^
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