. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 100 NOIITJI AMKItlCAX Cistotliorus pn' '"-is. into an anjjfiv and petulant cyv. Provinrt's, and from tlic Atlantic to Ww Tapper Missouri. It is nowhere al)undant, and in many lavi^^e [>ortions of intervening territory has never been found. It is exchisively an inhabitant of h>w, fresh-water marslies, open swamps, and nuiuhjws, is never found on hiizh iiround, and is verv shv an<l dittieult of jip
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 100 NOIITJI AMKItlCAX Cistotliorus pn' '"-is. into an anjjfiv and petulant cyv. Provinrt's, and from tlic Atlantic to Ww Tapper Missouri. It is nowhere al)undant, and in many lavi^^e [>ortions of intervening territory has never been found. It is exchisively an inhabitant of h>w, fresh-water marslies, open swamps, and nuiuhjws, is never found on hiizh iiround, and is verv shv an<l dittieult of jipprnaeh. It makes its fii-st appearanee in Massachusetts earlvin Mav, and h'aves I'arly in September. In winter it has U'en found in all the (Julf States, from Florida to Texas. According to Xuttall, this Wren has a lively anroaehed, the song becomes liarsher and more hurried, and rises In the early part of the season the male is quite lively and nmsical. These Wrens spend their time chiefly in the long, rank grass of the swamps and meadows searching for insects, their favorite food. Their nest is constructed in the midst of a tussock of coarse hiiih crrass, the to[)s of which are ingeniously interwoven into a coarse and strong cover- ing, spherical in sha})e and closed on every side, except one small aperture left f(»r an entrance. The strong wiry grass of the tussock is also interwoven witli tiner materials, making the wliole impervious to the weather. The inner nest is composed (»f grasses and finer sedges, and lined with soft, vege- table (h)wn. The eggs are nine in nundier, ]»ure wliite, and rather small for tlu^ l)ird. Thev are exceedinglv delicate and frauile. more so than is usual even in the eggs of Humming-liirds. They are of an oval shape, and measure .Go bv .;) of an inch. ^Ir. Xuttall conjectured that occasionally two females occu]»ied the same nest, and states that he has known the male bird to busy itself in construct- ing seveml nests, not more than
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