. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . rrow black line, sometimes wings and tail, rather darker than the back, are finely barred with dark About the House. 21 brown or black. The lower parts vary, from dull gray white to deep buff,the throat usually being lighter. The feathers below the tail are barred withdusky markings, and sometimes the flanks, too, are barred with length of the bird is rather more than five inches and a half. The nesting economy is not unlike that of a House Wren, and frequentlythe nests are found about buildintrs i
. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . rrow black line, sometimes wings and tail, rather darker than the back, are finely barred with dark About the House. 21 brown or black. The lower parts vary, from dull gray white to deep buff,the throat usually being lighter. The feathers below the tail are barred withdusky markings, and sometimes the flanks, too, are barred with length of the bird is rather more than five inches and a half. The nesting economy is not unlike that of a House Wren, and frequentlythe nests are found about buildintrs in nooks and crevices. o Near my home in Florida, a pair one year built a nest on a beam of anouthouse, entering through a knothole. But the woods are more attractiveto these birds ; holes in old trees and stumps are favorite sites for nests. Thenest is a large structure for so small a bird, is made of grasses, leaves andfeathers, and lined with fine material of a similar character. The eees arefour to six or seven in number, rosy white, thickly sprinkled with reddish. Z3C2L wrt^r/iy^^.y^ ■■ , sm. vmt CAROLINA WREN. brown and lavender markings. They are three quarters of an inch long andnearly three fifths of an inch around. The nervous energy of the wrenfamily is emphasized in these birds. Never at rest during waking hours, theypeer into every nook and corner, dodging from one point to another, in sightfor a second, gone before fairly seen, and appearing at another point leastanticipated, for an equally brief moment. Like Bewicks Wren the CarolinaWren seems to pose when he sings, as if aware of his musical attainments,and the song- is at once noticeable for its fine rincring clearness and an ad-mixture of round whistling notes that distinguish it. It is one of the loudestand most pronounced of small birds songs.
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