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in ground color, speckled with brown, reddish and lavender. They average 

 .74 by .60 inches in dimensions. Eggs have been found by Dean at Flush- 

 ing May 8, 1879, and by Bicknell at Spuyten Duyvil May 2, 1879. Chap- 

 man gives March 28 as the nesting date for the vicinity of New York City. 



Thryomanes bewicki bewicki (Audubon) 



Bewick Wren 



Troglodytes bewickii Audubon. Birds Am er. 1827. (folio) 1. pi. 18 

 Thryomanes bewicki bewicki A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. p. 338. 



No. 719 



Description. This southern and western species is of about the size 

 of the House wren, wings and tail being slightly longer. It may be dis- 

 tinguished easily by the fact the primaries are not barred; central tail 

 feathers colored like the back but barred with black; outer tail feathers are 

 black tipped with ashy white; white line over the eye; under parts whitish. 



Bewick's wren inhabits eastern United States from northern Illinois, 

 southern Michigan and central Pennsylvania to Arkansas, northern Miss- 

 issippi and central Alabama. There has been no report of this species 

 from New York State, but as it has occurred in Ontario, western Penn- 

 sylvania and southern New Hampshire it is probable that it has also visited 

 New York State and may possibly be found here in the future. 



Troglodytes aedon aedon (Vieillot) 



House Wren 



Plate [02 



Troglodytes aedon Vieillot. Ois. Amer. Sept. 1807 (1809?). 2:52. pi. 107 



DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 53, fig. 97 

 Troglodytes aedon aedon A. 0. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. p. 340. 

 No. 721 



troglodytes, Gr., a cave-dweller; aedon = Gi., otjSwv, the nightingale 



Description. Upper parts cinnamon brown, brighter on the upper tail 

 coverts; the back with indistinct dusky bars; wings and tail finely barred 

 with blackish; under parts grayish white, the sides and flanks with blackish 

 bars. 



Length 4.5-5.2 inches; extent 6.75; wing 2; tail 2; bill .5. 



