Perching- Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



7 19. Bewick Wren {Thryomanes bewickii), L. 5; 

 W. 2.2, T. 2.1. Ads. Above rich, dark cinnamon- 

 brown, tail grayer; below grayish white; all but middle 

 pair of tail-feathers black, outer ones barred, others 

 tipped with grayish. Notes. Call, "a soft, low, plit'" 

 song, strongly suggesting that of Song Sparrow. 



Range. — Mississippi Valley west to the Plains, north to Lat. 40 , 

 east to Alleghanies and locally to Atlantic States from southern New 

 Jersey to Georgia. 



7 I 9a. Vigors Wren ( 7. b. spilurus) . Similar to No. 

 719, but smaller, W. 2; upperparts less cinnamon or 

 reddish. 



Range. — California, west of Sierra Nevada and south to Santa 

 Cruz Island. (Bailey.) 



7 19b. Baird Wren (7. b. leucogaster). Similar to 

 No. 719c, but upperparts grayer. 



Range. — "Western Texas to southeastern California, and from 

 southern Nevada. Utah, and Colorado south over tablelands of Mex- 

 ico to Zacatecas." (Bailey.) 



7 19c. Texas Bewick Wren (T. b. crvptus). Simi- 

 lar to No. 719, but graver, brown of upperparts not so 

 rich; slightly larger, W. 2.3. 



Range. — "Texas, except the extreme western corner, states of Nuevo 

 Leon and Tamaulipas, in Mexico, with probably Kansas, Indian Ter- 

 ritory and Oklahoma; migratory north of Texas." (Oberholser.) 



7 I9d. Southwest Bewick Wren (7. b. charientimts). 

 Similar to No. 719b but flanks and upper surface dark- 

 er, eye-stripe rather broader, under tail-coverts more 

 heavily barred, wing shorter, 2. (Oberholser.) 



Range. — Coast region of southern California, north to about Pasa- 

 dena, south to Lat. 28 , Lower California, Santa Catalina Island; 

 resident. (Oberholser.) 



729e. Northwest Bewick Wren (7. b. calophomts). 

 Similar to No. 719a, but bill larger, upper surface 

 usually rather deeper and richer brown, flanks some- 

 what more rufescent; W. 2.1; B..6. (Oberholser.) 



Range. — Pacific slope from Oregon north to southern Vancouver 

 Island, valley of the Fraser River, and slightly farther along the 

 mainland coast; probably resident. (Oberholser.) 



7 19.1. San Clemente Wren ( Thryomanes leucophrys) 

 Similar to No. 719c!, but flanks and upperparts rather 

 grayer and paler, bill longer, under tail-coverts less 

 heavily barred. (Oberholser.) 



Range. — San Clemente Island, California. 



720. Guadalupe Wren {Thryomanes brevicauda ). 

 L. 4.5; W. 1.9. Ads. Resembling No. 719a, but 

 rump with few or no concealed white spots; tail dull 

 grayish brown, narrowly and indistinctly barred with 

 dusky, two or three outer feathers with brownish gray 

 tips. (Ridgw.) 



Range. — Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



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