. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ers. The eggs are -.„.;••■<*_like those of the Winter Wren but slightly %..• --larger; size .65 x .51. White Aleutian Wren. Nannus meliger. Range.—Western Aleutian Islands to Alaska. Very sim-ilar to the above, both in song and general habits. Theynest in the crevices of rocks or between boulders, makingtheir nests of rootlets and grass, lining it with hair andfeathers. Usually six eggs are laid, white with a few specksof brown (.58
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ers. The eggs are -.„.;••■<*_like those of the Winter Wren but slightly %..• --larger; size .65 x .51. White Aleutian Wren. Nannus meliger. Range.—Western Aleutian Islands to Alaska. Very sim-ilar to the above, both in song and general habits. Theynest in the crevices of rocks or between boulders, makingtheir nests of rootlets and grass, lining it with hair andfeathers. Usually six eggs are laid, white with a few specksof brown (.). 724. Short-billed Marsh Wren. Cistothorus stellaris Range.—Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf to Manitoba and species does not appear to be as common anywhere as is the Long-billed variety, whose habits and nests aresimilar. They nest in or on the borders ofmarshes, and nests being globular struc-tures of grasses, lined with hair, and with the entrance on the side; they are attached above the ground orwater in marsh grass or reeds. Their eggs, which number fromsix to eight, are pure white; size .64 x . 623—723.] i 15 i White 428 PERCHING BIRDS Teh
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