THE SEATTLE WREN. 305 



to appear of an almost uniform hair 1:)r()\vn in cnbir. \erv dark, except (jc- 

 casionally in the case of tlie last laid egg. The sitting bird must subject her 

 eggs to frequent turning in the nest, for they become highly polished during 

 incubation. 



No. 118. 



SEATTLE WREN. 



.A.. O. U. No. 719 c. Thryomanes bewickii calophonus r)ljcrhoIser. 



Description. — .Idiilts: .\bove. dark olivc-lirown, or warm sepia brown with 

 an olive tinge ; the rump with downy, ct)iicealed, white spots ; wings showing at 

 least traces of dusky barring, — sometimes complete on tertials ; tail blackish on 

 concealed portions, distinctly and finely barred with black on exposed portions ; the 

 outer pairs of feathers white-tipiied and showing white barring, incipient or com- 

 plete on terminal third ; a narrow white superciliary stripe, and an indistinct dark 

 stripe thru eye ; underparts grayish white, tinged on sides and flanks with brown : 

 under tail-coverts heavily barred with blackish ; bill dark brown above, lighter 

 below: culmen slightly decurved. Length: 5.00-5.50 (127-139.7); wing 2.08 

 (52.8) : tail 2.01 (52.3) : bill .59 ( 15) : tarsus .79 (20). 



Recognition Marks. — Warbler size: known from Western House Wren by 

 superciliary stripe and whiter underparts, mostly unbarred: a little larger and 

 more deliberate in movements. 



Nesting. — Nest: in holes or crannies about stumps, upturned roots, brush- 

 heaps, etc., or in buildings : a rather slight affair of dried grasses, skeleton leaves, 

 mosses, anfl waste, rarely twigs, lined with wool, hair, or feathers. Eggs: 4-6, 

 usually 5, white, speckled or spotted, rather sparingly, with reddish brown or 

 purplish, uniformly or chiefly in wreath about larger end. Av. size, .68 x .54 

 (17.3x13.7). Season: ,\pril 15-June 15 : two broods. 



General Range. — Pacific Coast district from r)regon to southern P>ritish 

 Cohnnbia and A'ancouver Island : resident. 



Range in Wa.shington. — Resident west of the Cascades. chiefl\- at lower 

 levels anil in valleys. 



Authorities. — ? Townsend, Journ. .\c. Nat. Sci. Phila. \"TI. 1837, 154 

 (Columbia River). Thriothonis hewickii Baird, Pac. Rep. R. R. Sin-v. IX. i8s8, 

 p. 363 part. (T). (C&S). L-'. Rh. Kb. Ra. Kk. B. E. 



Specimens.— U. of W. P. Prov. P. PN. E. 



TO thi.ise whi> are acquainted i>nl\- with the t\-])ical Bewick Wren of the 

 East, the added vocal accnmplishments of our western representative come 

 in the nature of a surprise. For to the characteristic ditty of bewickii proper. 

 cahif^lioiiiis has introduced so many trills and flourishes that the original 

 motif is almost lost to sight. Calof'hoinis means ha\dng a beautiful voice, or 

 sweetly sounding, and right well does the Ijird (leser\-e the name, in a region 

 which is all too conspicuous for its lack of notable songsters. 



