Listen, and I will tell you what they say in House Peoples language: "_Johnny_ (keeping time with his wings): I'm jolly Johnny Wren, The busiest of men; For I sing and I clean house, too.
Though wife is such a bustler, 'Tis I that am the hustler, For _I work_ when there's _nothing to do_! "And _I_ don't care to talk, And _I_ daren't take a walk, For Jenny's such a jealous, j-e-a-l-o-u-s She! "_Jenny_ (keeping time with her head): I'm thrifty Jenny Wren.
The foolish, lazy men Think they work if they sing all day.
If husband is a martyr, I'm a great deal, great deal smarter, For I _talk_ when I've _nothing to say_! "And though I mind my work, I also prink and perk, For Johnny's such a _f-a-s-cin-a-ting_ He! "_Both_ (beating time with all four wings): _( She)_ Though you don't care to talk-- _( He)_ We might both take a walk-- _( Both)_ For we are such a captivating WE! _Exeunt,_ dancing on tiptoe along the trellis." The House Wren Length five inches.
Upper parts dark brown finely barred with black.
Under parts gray, washed with brown and very faintly banded.
Tail rather long (for a Wren's), full of light and dark bars, mostly held cocked up.
A fidgety little bird with a very merry song.
A Summer Citizen east of Indiana, and a Citizen south from the middle districts.
A Ground Gleaner and Tree Trapper.
THE LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN "You must always wear your rubber boots when you go to look for the Marsh Wren," said the Doctor; "and you must be careful where you step, for this Wren knows where to put his nest safely out of the way of both House People and cats.

He chooses a bunch of reeds, or a bush that is surrounded either by water or the treacherous green grass of bogs, and there weaves an oblong or globular nest from coarse grass and leaves, with a little hole on one side for a door.

This done, he goes to a short distance and appoints himself day watchman to his home.

If a footstep touches the grass ever so lightly, he tells his mate of it and they flit off; and if any one thinks that by following the birds they will find the nest, they will be very much disappointed.

Mr.and Mrs.Long-bill will lead them a will-o'-the-wisp dance; and when the House People are tired, bewildered, and very wet in the shoes, the clever birds will return home by a secret way, chuckling to themselves.