BEWICK'S WREN
Thryomanes bewicki bewicki
Size of the House Wren, but with the tail nearly half an inch longer; its outer feathers tipped with gray.
Range. Mississippi Valley from the Gulf States to southern Michigan; rare east of the Alleghanies.
Washington, rare and local T.V., Mch. 26-July-; may winter, Nov. 24-Dec. 22.
A house Wren of the States west of the Alleghanies with a tail that seems to be at the mercy of passing breezes, and a song resembling the Song Sparrow's, but louder. Its nesting habits resemble those of the House Wren. The 4-6 eggs, laid in April, are white speckled with reddish brown and lavender.
HOUSE WREN
Troglodytes aëdon aëdon. [Case 4], Fig. 63; [Case 6], Fig. 70
No introduction is needed to this feathered tenant of many bird-lovers. L. 5.
Range. Nests from Virginia and Kentucky to Canada; winters from South Carolina and lower Mississippi Valley to Mexico.
Washington, common S.R., Apl. 13-Oct. 11. Ossining, common S.R., Apl. 23-Oct. 14. Cambridge, formerly abundant S.R., Apl. 28-Sept. 25; now rare and local. N. Ohio, common S.R., Apl. 17-Oct. 5. Glen Ellyn, S.R. in isolated pairs; Apl. 26-Oct. 13. SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl. 27-Sept. 18.
The familiar inhabitant of our bird-houses whose numbers seem limited only by the nesting-sites we offer him. His little fountain of melody bubbles forth irrepressibly to cheer his mate or challenge a rival. With the exhaustless energy of their kind they fill their nest-box with twigs, grasses and feathers, wherein are laid 6-8 minutely and evenly speckled pinkish eggs.