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City) ; southwestern Wyoming (Green River Valley) ; central Ne- 

 braska (Kearney) ; southern Iowa (Iowa City and Davenport) ; 

 southern Wisconsin (Prairie du Sac) ; southern Michigan (Grand 

 Eapids and Ann Arbor) ; and central Pennsylvania (Beaver and State 

 College). East to central Pennsylvania (State College and Blue 

 Ridge Summit) ; the eastern slope of the Alleghenies, south to north- 

 ern Georgia (Brasstown Bald and EUijay). South to northern 

 Georgia (Brasstown Bald and Ellijay) ; central Alabama (Woodbiana 

 and Prattville) ; northern Mississippi (luka and New Albany) ; cen- 

 tral Arkansas (Conway and Rich Mountain) ; northeastern Oklahoma 

 (Tulsa County) to central Oklahoma and Texas and to southern 

 Mexico (Oaxaca). West to Oaxaca (Oaxaca) ; Jalisco (Lake Chapala 

 and Guadalajara) ; Baja California (San Juanico and Cedros Island) ; 

 north through California, Oregon, and Washington west of the Cas- 

 cades to British Columbia (Victoria and Comox). 



Winter range. — Bewick's wren winters north to southern Van- 

 couver Island, British Columbia (Courtenay), and south through 

 Washington and Oregon west of the Cascades to southern California 

 (Death Valley) ; southern Nevada (opposite Fort Mojave) ; central 

 Arizona (Prescott) ; southern New Mexico (Silver City and Deming) ; 

 central Texas (Fredericksburg, Waco, and Dallas) ; central Oklahoma 

 (Oklahoma City) ; central Arkansas (Hot Springs) ; southern Illinois 

 (Olney) ; and southwestern Ohio (Xenia). East to southwestern 

 Ohio (Xenia) ; central Kentucky (Lexington) ; central Tennessee 

 (Nashville and Murfreesboro) ; central Georgia (Athens and Macon) ; 

 South Carolina (rarely Chester County and Charleston) ; and north- 

 ern Florida (Daytona). South to northern Florida (Daytona and 

 Pensacola) ; the Gulf coast to southern Texas (Brownsville) ; and 

 southern Mexico (Oaxaca). West to Oaxaca (Oaxaca) ; Baja Cali- 

 fornia (Cedros Island) ; Guadalupe Island, formerly ; and the Pacific 

 coast north to Vancouver Island. 



The range as outlined is for the entire species, which has been divided 

 into 16 subspecies or geographic races. The typical race {T. b. he- 

 wicMi) breeds from Nebraska eastward to central Ohio; the Appa- 

 lachian Bewick's wren {T. h. alius) breeds from central Ohio and 

 Pennsylvania through the mountains to Alabama; the Texas wren {T. 

 h. cryptus) is found from central Texas to Tamaulipas and Nuevo 

 Leon; Baird's wren {T. h. eremophilus) occurs in southeastern Cali- 

 fornia, Arizona, southern Utah, and Colorado to extreme western 

 Texas to Coahuila, Durango, and central Zacatecas ; the Seattle wren 

 (T. h. coJophonus) is found on the Pacific slope from British Columbia 

 to Oregon; the Nicasio wren {T. h. marinensis) occupies the coastal 

 belt from southwestern Oregon to Marin County, Calif. ; the Warner 

 Valley wren {2\ h. atrestus) occurs in southern Oregon from the War- 



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