. Bird-lore . The Friendly House Wrens BY WILBUR F. SMITH Photographs by the author. I T must have been away backin the days before the whitemans advent that Sir Christo-pher and Jenny Wren left theirancestral home in the hollow ofthe tree, to begin their intimateacquaintance with man and tobuild their nests near his , in his day, found thatthe little House Wrens had alreadyintrenched themselves near to man,and he calls them homey littlebirds, picturing them as nestingin an old, discarded hat. Though we long for the returnof the Bluebird and rush to thewindow to see the first Robi
. Bird-lore . The Friendly House Wrens BY WILBUR F. SMITH Photographs by the author. I T must have been away backin the days before the whitemans advent that Sir Christo-pher and Jenny Wren left theirancestral home in the hollow ofthe tree, to begin their intimateacquaintance with man and tobuild their nests near his , in his day, found thatthe little House Wrens had alreadyintrenched themselves near to man,and he calls them homey littlebirds, picturing them as nestingin an old, discarded hat. Though we long for the returnof the Bluebird and rush to thewindow to see the first Robin onthe lawn, neither they nor anyof the birds can quite take theplace of the chattering, scoldingWrens, who have returned fromtheir winters holiday in the Southland, to build again in the little box-houseon the end of the grape-arbor or under the eaves of the wood-shed. For thenext three months they will fill the garden with song, and proclaim that theyare at home by taking an interest in the up-keep of the place, workingamong the currant bushes and around the grape-vine, cleani
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