. Ein System der Naturgeschichte : enthält wissenschaftliche [sic] und populäre Beschreibungen von Menschen, Vierbeiner, Vögel, Fische, Reptilien und Insekten . ffulus auricapilhis, Selby. Die Gattung Re^idus hat den Schnabel gerade, schlank, tiefer als breit, zusammengedrückt, die Kanten nach innen gebogen; Nasenlöcher basal, mit Borsten nach vorne gerichtet; Flügel mit der ersten Federkiel kurz, die zweite kürzer als die dritte,■die längste ist; tarsus länger als die mittlere Zehe. * Troglodytes Europceus, Cuv. Die Gattung Troglodytes hat den Schnabel schlank, andleicht zusammengedrückt, gebogen, emanginiert; Nasenlöcher basal, halb bedeckt b

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. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ffulus auricapilhis, Selby. The genus Re^idus has the bill straight, slender, deeper than broad, compressed, the edges bending inwards; nostrils basal, with bristlesdirected forwards; wings with the first quill short, the second shorter than the third, ■which is the longest; tarsus longer than the middle toe. * Troglodytes Europceus, Cuv. The genus Troglodytes has the bill slender, andlightly compressed, curved, emanginated; nostrils basal, half covered by a naked mem-brane ; wings short and rounded ; fourth and fifth feathers of equal length and longest ;tail short, rounded, erect; tarsus the length of the middle toe. AVES-WREN. 519 traces the outline on the bark, and closes the sides and top in succession.When it builds against a hayrick, the exterior of the nest is of that material;when it is on the side of a tree covered with white lichen, or green moss, the fabric is of one or other of those substances ; but the interior is uniform-ly lined with feathers. THE AMERICAN HOUSE WREN.i. The house wren is a well known and familiar bird, who builds his nest, sometimes under the eaves, or in a hollow cherry tree; but most commonlyin small boxes fixed on a pole, for its accommodation. He will even put upwith an old hat, and if even this is denied him, he will find some hole orcrevice, about the house or barn, rather than abandon the dwellings of man.A mower once hung up his coat, under a shed near a barn ; two or threedays elapsed before he had occasion to put it on ; thrusting his arm up theslepve he found it completely filled with some rubbish as he expressed it, and on extracting the whole mass, found it to be the nest of a wren, com-pletely finished and lined with a large quantity of feathers. In his retreathe was followed by the forlorn little proprietors, who scolded him withgreat vehemence, for thus ruining the whole economy

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