. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . pacifciis.—Along the Gun- ^- so-westem house wren,sight Trail we heard the tinkling song of the little bobtailed winteiwren coming from a dark thicket in the mossy woods; and again atWall Lake, before a thunderstorm had cleared, the gloom of the well-like cir(|ue and its black water bordered by dark spruce woods wasrelieved by the sprightly song of the jolly little wren. But not until we were following the bear-tracked Kootenai trailthrough the dark Engelmann spruce forest did we get ou
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . pacifciis.—Along the Gun- ^- so-westem house wren,sight Trail we heard the tinkling song of the little bobtailed winteiwren coming from a dark thicket in the mossy woods; and again atWall Lake, before a thunderstorm had cleared, the gloom of the well-like cir(|ue and its black water bordered by dark spruce woods wasrelieved by the sprightly song of the jolly little wren. But not until we were following the bear-tracked Kootenai trailthrough the dark Engelmann spruce forest did we get our first sightof the brown mite. On the trail beside some fallen logs we were ar-rested by its watch-winding scold, as Mr. Bailey expressed it,and discovered a pair of old wrens with stubby tails up over theirbacks, and one fuzzy-headed, yellow-gaped youngster just out of thenest. With quivering wings and tAvitching tail, the parent on guardscolded around in nerA^ous solicitude, not daring to call attention tothe youngster by feeding it even Avhen food Avas brought. Occasiou- 51140°—18 16. 192 WILD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. iiUy the two-syllabled ta-tib was given, but generally it was the longscolding chatter. AVhen finally relieved of our presence the parentsexpressed their feelings in various low notes followed by their sweettinkling song. The nest of the wrens is described by Mr. Stevensonas a small oven made of moss on the side of a rotten log. One of the winter wrens was seen by Mr. Gibb in July on LakeJosephine, and Mr. Bryant, of California, when in the park heardthem in many places and found them much in evidence along LakeMcDonald and McDonald Creek. Mr. E. S. Bryant says they arecommon all winter. In April, 1918, Mr. Bailey found them singing in many placesalong the way, up the North Fork of the Flathead, and says: Onewas living under some logs of the road grade on the Fish Creek hill,where four feet of snow covered his dark, cold den. He would comeout and
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