THE WREN WITH LITTLE QUILL.
Intimately associated with the robin, as we have before remarked, is—
“The wren, with little quill.”
Midsummer Night’s Dream—Song.
It must often have struck others, as it has us, that for so small a throat, the wren has a wonderfully loud song.
There is not much variety or tone in it, but the notes at once attract attention, and would lead any one unacquainted with them to inquire the author’s name.
PUGNACITY OF THE WREN.
Portia evidently had no high opinion of the wren’s song, when she said,—
“The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark,
When neither is attended; and, I think,