The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . as never yetbeen detected in Britain, though common along the opposite coast]. The Wrexs {Troylodytesy Cuv.)—Merely differ in having the beak still more slender, and a little arcuated.[They are properly an American group, of which one species only occurs inthe eastern hemisphere.] The European Wren (J/o^/ro^orfv/e*, Lin.)—Bromi and transversely striated, with rather a short tail, gene-rally held erect. It builds a domed nest, and sings agreeably, even in the
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . as never yetbeen detected in Britain, though common along the opposite coast]. The Wrexs {Troylodytesy Cuv.)—Merely differ in having the beak still more slender, and a little arcuated.[They are properly an American group, of which one species only occurs inthe eastern hemisphere.] The European Wren (J/o^/ro^orfv/e*, Lin.)—Bromi and transversely striated, with rather a short tail, gene-rally held erect. It builds a domed nest, and sings agreeably, even in the depth of winter. [America produces numerous others, and there are even many well-marked divisions of them.] Some of theforeign species inosculate with the Antcatchers, and others with the Tree-creepers. The M^AGTAiLS {Motacilla, Bechst.)—Combine a bill even more slender than that of the Fauvettes, with a long tail, which they are con-stantly shaking up and down, lengthened legs, and particularly elongated tertiary feathers, whichextend as far as the tip of the closed wing, imparting a resemblance to the generality of
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