90 UUDB or ILLINOIS. 



o*. Tiill iniioli crniluuted, the lowur ooverU roochlnK to tips of lateral 



ruetrloos Cift«thonu). 



<i'. Kill muob Hborter IbuQ head, 8tout, tboKOoys stralKbt 



'Subiconus C'utothorut). 

 d}. Bill oenrljr as loot; as tbe bead, slender, tbe eonys i-llBhtly cod- 



cuvo (Siibceuug Tfhnalodvtn). 



Genus THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. 



Thryolhontt Vibtllot. Analyse, 1816. 45. Typo, TroQloiluten artmdinaeeut Vnmj..,= 



Sylvia tudoviciana Lath. 

 ThtT/omaufis 8cL. Cat. Am. B. 1881. £!. Type, Troglodtiteii hnwickii AUD. 



"Gek. Chab. Bill compressed, ratber slender: beight about one fourth tbe lenetb 

 above, Culmen nnd commissure eently curved throuRhout; eoiiys struieht; tip very 

 obsolotcly notched. Nostrils In the lower cdmi of anterior extremity of thi- nasal Broovo 

 narrowly elliptical. overhuuB by u stllT scule-like roof of tbe thickened membrane of 

 tbe upper part of the nasal eroove, tbe creseentlo edge rounded. The septum of nostrils 

 Imperforate: the posterior part of the nasal cavity with a short septum projectinc Info It 

 parallel with the central, not perpendicular as In Mifiocprcuhis. Winifi- and tail about 

 eaual. the latter moderately rounded; the Urst primary more than half the second, about 

 half the loncest. Tarsi rather short, scarcely exceedirtK middle toe. Anterior scutellic 

 distinct, rest of each side of tarsi in a continuous plate. Lateral toes equal." (//isl. .V. 

 Am. B.) 



Our species may be distinguished as follows: 



a'. Tail feathers rufous, barred with black. Lower parts more or less ochra- 



ceous. Tall much shorter than wini: T. ludovicianaa. 



a-. Tall feathers (except middle pair) blackish, with pale eray terminal 

 bloCcbes. Lower parts pale grayish. Tail about equal to wing in length. 



T. bewickii. 



Subgenus Thryothorus Vikillot. 

 Thryothorus ludoviciamxs (Lath.) 



CAROLINA WREN. 

 Popular synonyms.— Great Carolina Wren: Mocking Wren; Largo Wood Wren. 



Si/li'in luiioriciaua Lath. Ind. Orn. 11. liOO, M8. 



Troglodiites biduricianns LirHT. Verz. Uoubl. 1823, 35.— NuTT. Man. I, 1S52. 429.- Auu. 



Orn. Blog. i, IS."!!, ;M, pi. 78: Synop. 183!>. 74; B. Am. 11, 1811. 116. pi. 117. 

 Thri/othoru.i ludoi-iciarms BoNAP. Comp. List. 1S«. II.— Baiud. B. N. Am. IffiS. Si'.I; Cat. 



N. Am. B. 1859. No. 265: Review. 1864, rif.-CouEs. Key, 1872. »«: Chock List, 187:(, No. 



47: 2d ed. 18V2, No. OS; B. N. W. 1S74. •£>: B. Col. Val. 1878. 168.-3. B. & R. Hist. X. Am. 



B. 1, 1874, 142, pi. 9, llg. I.— BiDow. Nom. Am. B. ISSl, No. 60. 

 Motacilla caroUniana Babtii.— CcrfAia caroliniana WiLS. \m. Orn. 11.1810. 61. pi. 12. Dg.6, 



Hab. Eastern United States, chiefly south of 40°; resident throughout. 



"Sr. Chab. Exposed portion of the bill shorter than the bead. Above reddish brown, 

 most vivid on the rump. A whitish streak over the eye, bordered above with dark brown. 

 Throat whitish; rest of under parts palo yollow-rustv. darkest towards the under tail- 

 coverts, which are conspicuously barred with bliick. Exposed surface of the wings and 

 tall ilncluding the upper coverts) barred throughout with brown, the outer edges of tall 

 feathers and Quills showing series of alternating whiti.°h and dusky spots. Legs tlesh- 

 colored. Length, 6 inches; wing, 2.60; tail, 2.45." (Ilisl. }i. Am. B.) 



