. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 150 NORTH AMERICAN RnU) Troi^tniliitrs rl''lnn. tiiR't species, the flillen-iices in plmiiiige heiiii^' very slijilit, iiiid in lialiits, nest, iinil e,L;^s ii<it iipiirecialile, tliiiii<;li Dr. < ooju'r tliiiiks there is u diller- enco ill their soii^. Another nice or ii closi'ly allied species, T. if~liri(K, is t'oiiiid in Mexico, near tiie Ixtrders of the United States, hut does not have fill extended ran^e. It is round in the winter in (liiateinala. This species does not apj
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 150 NORTH AMERICAN RnU) Troi^tniliitrs rl''lnn. tiiR't species, the flillen-iices in plmiiiige heiiii^' very slijilit, iiiid in lialiits, nest, iinil e,L;^s ii<it iipiirecialile, tliiiii<;li Dr. < ooju'r tliiiiks there is u diller- enco ill their soii^. Another nice or ii closi'ly allied species, T. if~liri(K, is t'oiiiid in Mexico, near tiie Ixtrders of the United States, hut does not have fill extended ran^e. It is round in the winter in (liiateinala. This species does not apjiear to lie i'ouiid lieyond the southwestern jiortion of Maine and the southern portions of New Hampshire and \'ernioiit. It iiiakes its first apjiearance in Washinjiton early in A])ril, and for a while is very altiindant, visiting very fainiliar- iy the jiiil'lic yroiinds of the capitol, private ardeii8, out-lmildings, and the eaves of It does not ap- pear in the New JMiylaiid States until after thi' first \\'eck in ^Fay, and leaves for the South ahout the last of Sep- teiiilier. It is not observed in any portion of the I'liited Slates after the first of Xoveniber. The hollows of decayiiif^ trees, crev- ices in rocks, or the centre of meshes of interlacinj,' vines, are their natural resorts. These they readily relin()uish for the facilities ofl'ereil in the .stM'iety of man. They are liold, sociable, contidiiij; birds, and will enter into the closest relations with who cultivate their aci|uaiiitance, biiildiiiji their nests from ]irefereiice under the eaves of houses, in corners of the wood-shed, a clothes-line liox, olive-jars, martin-lioxes, open ji'oiirds, an old hat, thi^ skull of an ox placed on a pole, the )iocket of a <'ariia,uc, or even the sleeve of an old coat left hanging- in an oiit-buildint,'. in the spriiif; of ;).""! a pair of these Wrens nested within the house and over the dooi' of tlic room of the late llohert !\ennic&
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