92 BUW6 or ILLlNOld. 



Subgenus Thryomanes Sclater. 

 Tliryothorus bowickii i^Aud.) 



BEWICK'S WREN. 



Popular synonyms.— LoDK-talloil Hou.so Wren; Lone-tailed Wron. 



Trofjlodulen bewickii AuD. Orn. BIOB. 1. lSil.96.pl. 18; Bynop. 1S». 74; B. Am. 11.1841. 



lit), pi. 118.— NUTT. Man. I. ItOJ. 4.'il; Sd ed. I, 1S»0. 489. 

 Tltruothonts heu-Ukii Baikd, B. N. Am. isss. aCI {Thriothoru*); Cat. N. Am. B. 1W9. 

 No. 26?: Roviow, 1861. lii.— OouES. Key. 187i. 8^: Chock LUt, 1873. No. 48: 2d od. ISKi. 

 No. 71; B. N. W. 1874. ;il: B. Col. Vul. 1878. 1U9.-B. B. & B. HiBt. N. Am. ». I. 1874, 

 145. pi. 9. llK. 3. 

 Thniomanes lieiricki RiDow. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881. No. 61. 



Hab. Eastorn United States, chiilly west o( the Allechiinlos. In the Interior, north to 

 Minnepota; oaKt%vurd. north to Now JerHoy. Very irrettulurlydiPtrlhiited.beinK apparently 

 unknown In many looalilies within the limits of Its eeneral ranee. Nut recorded from 

 moat portions of the Atlantic coast. Migratory in the northern purt.s of Its ranso. 



"Sp. Chab. Above dark rufous-brown: rump and middle tail-f«athor8 sometimes a 

 little paler, and very slishtly tluKed with Kniy, and together with the exposed surface of 

 secondaries distinctly barred with dusky. Beneath soiled plumbeous-whitish; llanks 

 brown. Crissum banded; ground color of quills ani^ tail feathers brownish black. 

 Loneth, S.ai; wine, 2.25; tall, 2.50. Length from nostril. 39; along gape, 7U.'" (i/i/if. N. 

 Am. B.) 



In most parts of southern Illinois, this is the "House Wren" par 

 excellence; and even in localities where the true House Wren 

 ( Troglodytes aedoti) occurs, Bewick's Wren is far the more numerous 

 of the two. In Wabash county, the writer has never seen nor even 

 heard a T. aedon; and in Richland county, whure tliu latter was not 

 uncommon T. bewickii was extremely abundant, nesting in all sorts 

 of places about barns, stables and other buildings, while the former 

 was chiefly if not entirely conlined to the orchards, where it nested 

 in hollow apple-trees. This was almost invariably the case where 

 both species were found upon the same premises. 



No bird more deserves the protection of man than Bewick's Wren. 

 He does not need man's encouragement, for he comes of his own 

 accord and installs himself as a member of the community, 

 wherever it suits his taste. He is found about the cow-shed 

 and barn along with the Pewee and Barn Swallow; he investi- 

 gates the pig-sty ; then explores the garden fence, and finally mounts 

 to the roof and pours forth one of the sweetest songs that ever was 



•Elifht adults measure as follows: Wing, 2.05-2.25; tall, 2.10-2.40; oulmen, .50-.55; tarsus, 

 .63-.75. 



