. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 123 trees, stumps, in niches under porches, boxes, etc., in .June, occasionally second time in August; eggs four to ten, white, thickly specked with reddish brown. This bird is very rare at Lansing, especially since the advent of the English Sparrow, but "very common at Traverse City " (L. W. Watkins; " this bird leaves the vicinity of our dwel- lings after breeding" rL. S. Foster). This little. Wren nested in my whirling horse- tether box. and repaired its nest time after time, as it would be destroyed by the turning of th
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 123 trees, stumps, in niches under porches, boxes, etc., in .June, occasionally second time in August; eggs four to ten, white, thickly specked with reddish brown. This bird is very rare at Lansing, especially since the advent of the English Sparrow, but "very common at Traverse City " (L. W. Watkins; " this bird leaves the vicinity of our dwel- lings after breeding" rL. S. Foster). This little. Wren nested in my whirling horse- tether box. and repaired its nest time after time, as it would be destroyed by the turning of the box—there were six Winter Wren, slightly reduced. •514r-722-(76). Troglodytes liiemalis Vieill. * Winter Wren. Common migrant; "transient in Monroe County, seen oftener in spring than in fall" (Jerome Trombley); "migrant at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); "very common in spring, summer and fall, and occasionally in late winter, breeds" (Dr. M. Gibbs); reported by S. E. White at Grand Rapids, .June 11, 1891; "rare at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); it is very rare at Lansing; " Kent County, where it breeds, and Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); rather shy; "breeds in Upper Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); E. W. Durfee took a nest near Grand Rapids; • nesting habits much as in last species " (Davie's Nests and Eggs on North Ameri- can Birds, p. 107); though it may nest in brush-piles, etc.; nest lined with feathers; eggs four to nine, white, minutely specked with brown; feeds on insects and insects' eggs; " song loud and hearty, scolds vigorously at intrusion " (E. L. Moseley). CISTOTHORUS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916; Michigan. St
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