See also:

• WREN (O. Eng. wrcknna, Mid. Eng. wrenne; Icel. rindill)
• WREN, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1632-1723)

WREN (O. Eng. wrcknna, See also:

• MID

Mid. Eng. wrenne; Icel. rindill)  , the popular name for birds of the Passerine See also:

• FAMILY

family Troglodytidae, of which the best known example is See also:

• TROGLODYTES (rpcay?oSurat, from rpwyXn, hole, Svw, creep)

Troglodytes parvulus, the little See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• BIRD

bird—with its See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short tail, cocked on high—inquisitive and See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar, that braves the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Islands, and even that of the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent . See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• INTEREST

interest is taken in this bird throughout all European countries, and, though in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain comparatively few See also:

• VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular names have been applied to it, two of them—" jenny " or " kitty-See also:

• WREN (O. Eng. wrcknna, Mid. Eng. wrenne; Icel. rindill)
• WREN, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1632-1723)

wren "—are terms of endearment . M . See also:

• ROLLAND, JOHN (fl. 1560)

Rolland records no fewer than 139 See also:

• LOCAL

local names for it in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and other lands are only less prolific . Many of these carry on the old belief that the wren was the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of birds, a belief connected with the See also:

• FABLE (Fr. fable, Lat. fabula)

fable that once the fowls of the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air resolved to choose for their See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader that one of them which should See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

mount highest . This the See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle seemed to do, and all were ready to accept his See also:

• RULE

rule, when a loud burst of See also:

• SONG

song was heard, and perched upon him was seen the wren, which unseen had been See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne aloft by the See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant . The curious association of this bird with the Feast of the Three See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings, on which See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in S . See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, or, in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland and in the S. of France, on or about See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas Day, men and boys used to "See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

hunt the wren," addressing it in a song as " the king of birds," is remarkable . The better known forms in the See also:

• UNITED

United States are the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house-wren, See also:

• COMMON

common in the eastern states; the winter-wren, remarkable for its resonant and brilliant song; the Carolina-wren, also a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, and the See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh-wren, besides the See also:

• CACTUS

cactus wrens and the See also:

• CANON

canon-wrens of the western states . Wrens have the See also:

• BILL

bill slender and somewhat arched: their See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food consists of See also:

• INSECTS

insects, larvae and See also:

• SPIDERS

spiders, but they will also take any small creatures, such as See also:

• WORMS

worms and snails, and occasionally eat seeds . The See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note is shrill . The See also:

• NEST

nest is usually a domed structure of ferns, grass, See also:

• MOSS

moss and leaves, lined with See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair or feathers, and from three to nine eggs are produced, in most of the See also:

• SPECIES

species See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white .

The headquarters of the wrens are in tropical See also:

• AMERICA

America, but they reach See also:

• GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)

Greenland in the N. and the See also:

• FALKLAND
• FALKLAND, LUCIUS CARY

Falkland Islands in the S . Some genera are confined to the hills of tropical See also:

• ASIA

Asia, but Troglodytes, the best known, ranges over N. and S . America, Asia and See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . The Troglodytidae by no means contain all the birds to which the name " wren " is applied . Several of the Sylviinae (cf . See also:

• WARBLER

Warbler) See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear it, especially the beautiful little See also:

• GOLDEN

golden-crested wren (cf . See also:

• KINGLET

Kinglet) and the See also:

• GROUP

group commonly known in Britain as " See also:

• WILLOW (Salix)

willow-wrens "—forming the genus Phylloscopus . Three of these are habitual summer-visitants . The largest, usually called the See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-wren, P. sibilatrix, is more abundant in the N. than in the S. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and chiefly frequents See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods of See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak or See also:

• BEECH

beech . It has a loud and See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar song, like the word twee, sounded very See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and repeated at first slowly, but afterwards more quickly, while at uncertain intervals comes another note, which has been syllabled as chea, uttered about three times in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . The willow-wren proper, P. trochilus, is in many parts of Great Britain the commonest summer-bird, and is the most generally dispersed . The third species, P. collybita or See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor (frequently but most wrongly called Sylvia rufa or P. See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

rufus), commonly known as the chiffchaff, from the peculiarity of its constantly repeated two-noted cry, is very numerous in the S. and W. of England, but seems to be scarcer N .

These three species make their nest upon or very See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the ground, and the See also:

• BUILDING

building is always domed . Hence they are commonly called " See also:

• OVEN (O. Eng. of n,Ger. Ofen, cf. Gr. Irvin, oven)

oven-birds," and occasionally, from the grass used in their structure, " See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

hay-jacks," a name common to the white-See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat (q.v.) and its See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies . (A .