Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



72 1. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon). L. 4.7; T 

 1.7. Ads. Above cinnamon brown, sometimes ob- 

 scurely barred; tail the same, all the feathers barred; 

 below grayish with a brownish wash, lower belly and 

 Hanks usually more or less barred. Notes. Call, a 

 scolding krrring; song, a bubbling, rippling, irrepress- 

 ible little melody. 



Range.— Eastern North America; breeds north to Maine. Montreal, 

 and Manitoba; winters from South Carolina and. the Lower A\issis- 

 sippi Valley southward into Mexico. 



72 1a. Parkman Wren [J. a. parkmanii). Similar 

 to No. 721, but less cinnamon above; intermediate in 

 color between No. 721 and No. 721b. 



Range. —Pacific coast; breeds from southern California north to 

 British Columbia; winters from southern California southward. 



72 1b. Western House Wren (7". a. a{tecns). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 721, but much grayer above and paler be- 

 low; back more frequently barred. 



Range. — Western United States from the Sierra Nevada east to the 

 Mississippi Valley; winters south into Lower California and Mexico. 



722. Winter Wren {Olbiorchilus hiemalis). L. 4; 

 T. 1.2. Ads. Above cinnamon, much brighter than 

 in No. 721; below pale cinnamon, sides and belly 

 heavily barred with blackish. Notes. Call, chimp- 

 chimp, resembling call of Song Sparrow; song, tink- 

 ling, rippling, full of trills, runs and grace notes. 

 (Bailey.) 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from northern New Lng- 

 land and northern New York northward, and southward along the A 1 - 

 leghanies to North Carolina; winters from Massachusetts and Illinois 

 to Florida. 



722a. Western Winter Wren (O. h. pacificus) 



Similar to No. 722, but much deeper colored both 

 above and below, and more heavily barred. 



Range. — Breeds on the Pacific coast from southern California north 

 to Alaska; east to Idaho; winters south into Mexico. 



722b. Kadiak Winter Wren (O. h. helleri). Slight- 

 ly larger and paler than No. 722a. (Osgood.) 



Range. — Kadiak Island, Alaska. 



723. Alaskan Wren {Olbiorchilus alascensis). Re- 

 sembling No. 722a, but paler and larger, W. 2.1, B. .6 



Range — Breeds on Kadiak Island, Alaska; winter range unknown. 

 723.1. Aleutian Wren (Olbiorchilus indigents). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 723, but darker, less reddish; rump and up- 

 per tail-coverts more evidently barred; bars on belly 

 heavier. (Oberholser.) 



Range. — "Westernmost part of the Aleutian group, Alaska." (Ober- 

 holser. 



724. Short-billed Marsh Wren (Cistothorus stel- 

 laris). L. 4; T. 1.4; B. .4. Ads. Crown and back 

 streaked with whitish; breast-band, sides and under 

 tail-coverts rusty; wing-coverts tipped with whitish. 

 Notes. Call, like sound produced by striking two 

 pebbles together; song, chap — chap -chap-chap, chap-chap- 

 chap p-p-rrr. (Seton.) (See next page.) 



Range.- Eastern North America, ranging west to Utah; breeds 

 from the (iulf States north to Massachusetts and Manitoba; winters 

 from the Gulf States southward. 



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