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white or pinkish, finely speckled or sprinkled on or around larg-er end with 

 reddish brown and lilac. 



The bewickii group are strongly marked 

 wrens with their striking superciliary, light 

 spotty cornered tails, and melodious songs. 

 The song of the Vigors wren, when heard 

 in southern California with the Parkman, 

 though not so ebullient, is richer, sweeter, 

 more musical, and altogether of decidedly 

 superior quality. 



Where there are houses, Thryomanes nests 

 like the house wrens in odd nooks and cor- 

 ners about buildings, but otherwise on 

 brushy hillsides and in such congenial 

 places. One Texan Bewick was found by 

 Mr. Bailey nesting in a tin can turned over ^'S- ^'^-- ^'^^^^^ Wren, 

 a fence post, the entrance being through an enlarged bullet hole*. 



719b. T. b. leucogaster (Baird). Baikd Wren. 



Upper parts pale grayish brown, ting-ed with rufous on rump ; middle tail 

 feathers brown, barred with black, rest of feathers mainly black, the three 

 outer pairs with grayish white tips ; superciliary white ; under parts 

 whitish, purer on throat ; under tail coverts heavilv barred with black. 

 Wing : 1\20, tail 2.2.], bill ..*)5. 



Distribution. — Western Texas to southeastern California, and from 

 southern Nevada, Utah, and Colorado south over tablelands of Mexico to 

 Zacatecas. 



719c. T. b. cryptus Oberh. Texas Bewick Wren. 



Superciliary white ; upper parts rich warm brown, more rufous on rump ; 

 tail witli middle feathers and ba.ses of outer webs of all but outside pair 

 hair brown, barred with black : rest of tail black, faintly barred witli 

 lig-hter ; two outer pairs of feathers tipped with grayish white ; under 

 parts g'rayish. Wing : 2.2.'>, tail 2.24. exposed culmen .")."). 



Distribution. — Texas, except extreme western corner ; Nuevo Leon and 

 Tamaulipas. Mexico, and probably Kansas. Indian Territory, and Okla- 

 homa ; mig-ratory north of Texas. 



719d. T. b. charienturus Oberh. Southwest Bewick Wren. 



Superciliary white ; up/xr parts grai/i.sh brown, sliglitly rufous on rump ; 

 tail black except for middh- feathers which .ire hair brown, barred with 

 black, outside feathers tipped witli gray, outer webs barred with dingy 

 white, rest of feathers tipped with brown ; under parts wliite or grayislj ; 

 cri.ssum hyavily barred witli black. Wing: 2.()v>. tail 2.02. exposed cul- 

 men ..")4. 



Distribution. — Iiesi<lent from Pa.sadena along- the coast region of (\ili- 

 fornia to Lower California : Santa (\-italina Island. 



719e. T b calophonus o/>rr/(. Noktuwkst Ui w k k Wkkn. 



.Sui)erciliary white ; ui)per i)arts rich t/ark- brown, sliglitly deeper on 

 heml ; tail black, middle feathers .sepia brown b;irred with black, the rest 



