WINTER WEEN 



197 



3'. Uucler parts not shining- Llue-black. 

 4. Under parts pure white. 



p. 194. White-bellied Swallow 



4'. Under parts 

 rump light 



cashed with brownish, 



Eave Swallows 



2'. Back without metallic lustre. 

 5. Dark baud across breast . p. 54. 



Bank Swallow. 



5'. No distinct baud across breast. \ ' 



p. 195. Rough-winged Sw^allow. 



"Winter Wren : Troglodytes hiemalis. 



Upper parts reddish brown, finely barred ; under parts washed 

 with brownish. Tail very short, carried over back. Length, 

 about 4 inches. 



Geographic Distribution. — Eastern North America ; breeds 

 from the northern states northward, and southward along* the 

 higher AUeghauies to North Carolina ; winters from Massa- 

 chusetts and Illinois to Florida. 



During the migrations this mite of a Wren may 

 be met almost anywhere. Sometimes it surprises 

 you by bobbing up from a pile of boards with 

 its bit of a tail cocked over its back ; again it 

 peers out from a goldenrod thicket, or faces 



