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Definition of House wren
1. Noun. Common American wren that nests around houses.
Generic synonyms: Jenny Wren, Wren
Group relationships: Genus Troglodytes, Troglodytes
Lexicographical Neighbors of House Wren
Literary usage of House wren
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"The opinion expressed by a former writer, that the house wren occurs in all the
... From whence the house wren comes, or to what parts it retires during ..."
2. Field Book of Birds of the Southwestern United States by Roger Tory Peterson, Gilbert Haven Trafton, Luther E. Wyman, Elizabeth F. Burnell (1916)
"Materials: picture of house wren, wren's nest, several types of wren's houses.
4. The lesson. ... Entrance How large is the house wren? hole. ..."
3. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"house wren: Troglodytes dedon. PLATE 16. FIG. 1. ... The house wren is a bird
who has allowed the word male to be obliterated from its social constitution ..."
4. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"For breeding habits see Parkman Wren, also called Pacific house wren. ...
THE Parkman Wren is the house wren of the Pacific Coast and is a common summer ..."
5. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1883)
"house wren. GROUP L The house wren is a common summer resident, but at present,
with us, a bird of heavily timbered districts rather than of openings and ..."
6. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"It has been claimed that the name house wren is a misnomer, ... This, however,
is owing to circumstances over which the house wren has no control. ..."
7. Bird-life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds by Frank Michler Chapman, Ernest Thompson Seton (1897)
"house wren. Length, 5 00 inches. Upper parts brown, marked with black and grayish ;
under parts grayish white. ..."
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