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SYSTEMA TIC SYNOPSIS. — PA SSERES — OSCIXES. 



THRYOTHO'RUS. (Gr. 6pvov, thriion, a reed, and Sovpoi, tlwuroa, leaping. This is the 

 spelling given and etymology indicated by A^ieillot, Anal., 1816, p. 70, but on p. 45 he first 

 spells the word thriothorus.) Reed Wrens. Carolina Wrens. Of largest size in this 

 group; length up to 6.00. Tail decidedly shorter than wings. Back uniform in color, without 

 streaks or bars ; wings and tail more or less barred crosswise ; belly unmarked ; a long super- 

 ciliary stripe ; rump with concealed white spots. Eggs colored. 



Analysis of Species and Subspecies. 



Reddish-brown above, rusty whitish below ; tail regularly barred throughout. Wmg 2.40 ludovicianus 



Similar ; more heavily colored ; rusty-brown below. Wing 2.75. Florida ludovicianus miamensis 



Grayish-brown, more extensively barred on flanks, barring of tail irregular; small; wing 2.25. S. E. Texas 



ludovicianus lomitensis 

 Darker brown, most extensively barred on flanks, barring of tail irregular ; small ; wing 2.25. N. E. Mexico 



ludovicianus berlandieri 



T. ludovicia'nus. (Lat. Ludon'cianus, Louisiana; of Ludovicus, Louis XIV., of France. 



Fig. 155.) Great Carolina Wren. LTpper parts uniform reddish-brown, brightest on 



rump, where are concealed whitish spots; a 

 long whitish superciliary line, usually bordered 

 with dusky streaks ; upper surfaces of wings and 

 tail like back, barred with dusky ; outer edges 

 of primaries and lateral tail-feathers showing 

 wliitish spots. Below, rusty or muddy whitisli, 

 clearest anteriorly, deepening behind, the under 

 tail-coverts reddish-brown barred with black- 

 i.sh. Wing-coverts usually with dusky and 

 whitish tips. Feet livid flesh-coh)red. Length 

 6.00 ; extent nearly 7.50 ; wing 2.40 ; tail 2.25 ; 

 l)ill 0.65 ; tarsus 0.75. Eastern U. S., south- 

 erly ; N. regularly to the Middle States, rarely 

 to Massachusetts and Ontario ; Michigan; Ne- 

 braska; resident in most of its range. A com- 

 mon and well-known inhabitant of shrubbery, 

 with a loud ringing song ; shy and secretive. 

 Nest in any nook about out-buildings, trees or 

 stumps, or in shrubbery, when iu the latter 

 usually roofed over, of the most miscellaneous 

 materials ; eggs 4-7, 0.72 X 0.60, white, pro- 

 fusely speckled and blotched with shades of 

 reddish, brown, and purplish. 

 Florida.) Florida Wren. Similar: larger, 



stouter, and more deeply-colored, especially below, where nearly uniform rustv-browii. Wing 



2.75 ; tail 2.60 : bill 0.90 ; tarsus 0.95. Florida ; a local race. 



T. 1. loniiten'sis. (Of Lornita ranch, Hidalgo Co., Tex., where the types were taken.) 



Lomita Wren. Similar to ludovicianus proper; rather smaller; length about 5.25; wing 



2.25; tail 2.05: shade of the upper parts rather grayish -brown than reddish-brown; barring 



of the tail broken and irregular, giving a mottled appearance ; in this respect, as well as iu a 



tendency to barring of the fianks, approaching berlandieri. S. E. Texas, on the Rio Grande. 



Sennett, Auk, Jan. 1890, p. 58 (T. I lomita- Coues, Key, 4th ed., 1890, p. 898, by slip of 



the pen for lomitensis), A. 0. U. List, 2d ed., 1895, p. 298, No. 718 b. 



T. 1. berlan'dieri. (To Dr. Louis Berlandier.) Berlandier's Wren. Similar: smaller; 



length 5.25; wing 2.25; tail 2.12. Coloration darker than in typical ludovicianus, especially 



Great Carolina Wren, reduced. (From 



Nuttall, after Audubon.) 



T. 1. miamensis. (Of the Mi 



River, 



