. Our own birds : a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States . the very key-note ofSpring, speakingof cloudless skies and verdant fields,of balmy air and music from the groves, of frolicsamong the wild flowers and rambles with the butter-flies; it speaks of love and joy and happiness amongthe myriad hosts of merry choristers, who are wing-ing their way from tropical climes to join in thegrand harmony of Nature. Let us read what Wilsonsays of the Wrens: This well-known and familiar bird arrives in Penn-eylvania about the middle of April, and about the 8th or 10th of Maybegin
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. Our own birds : a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States . the very key-note ofSpring, speakingof cloudless skies and verdant fields, of balmy air and music from the groves, of frolicsamong the wild flowers and rambles with the butter-flies; it speaks of love and joy and happiness amongthe myriad hosts of merry choristers, who are wing-ing their way from tropical climes to join in thegrand harmony of Nature. Let us read what Wilsonsays of the Wrens: This well-known and familiar bird arrives in Penn-eylvania about the middle of April, and about the 8th or 10th of Maybegins to build itsnest, sometimes inthe wooden corniceunder the eaves, orin a hollow cherry-tree, but most com-monly in small box-es, fixed on the topof a pole, in or nearthe garden, to whichHouse Wren. he is cxtrcmely par- tial, for the great number of caterpillars and otherlarvae with which it constantly supplies him. If allthese conveniences are wanting, he will even put upwith an old hat nailed on the weather-boards, with asmall hole for entrance; and, if even this be denied. THE HOUSE WREN. 107 him, he will find some hole, corner, or crevice aboutthe house, barn, or stable, rather than abandon thedwellings of man. In the month of June, a mowerhung up his coat under a shed, near a barn; two orthree days elapsed before he had occasion to put iton again; thrusting his arm up the sleeve, he foundit completely filled with some rubbish, as he expressedit, and, on extracting the whole mass, found it to bethe nest of a Wren - completely finished, and linedwith a large quantity of feathers. In his retreat hewas followed by the little forlorn proprietors, whoscolded him with great vehemence for thus ruiningthe whole economy of their household affairs. This little bird has a strong antipathy to cats;for, having frequent occasion to glean among the cur-rant-bushes, and other shrubbery in the garden, thoselurking enemies of the feathered race often provefatal to him. A box fitted up in the