TROGLODYTIDJE — TEOGLODYTIN^ : TRUE WRENS. 



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mediate ; upper parts most like those of C. conspersus, and wiugs completely barred as in that 

 species ; but uuder parts posteriorly dusky ferruginous (dark mahogany color), and tail- bars 

 broad, firm, and regular, as in mexicanus proper. Coast region of California. The type speci- 

 men, the only one I have seen, for some years in my cabinet and now No. 82,715, Mus. S. 1., 

 seems to be recognizably distinct ; but all the forms of the genus intergrade. (Not in Check 

 List, 1882 ; since described by Ridgway, Pr. Nat. Mus., v., 1882, \). 34.3.) 



10. Subfamily TROCLODYTIN>E : True Wrens. 



See characters and analysis of tliis group on p. il \. 

 22. THRYOTHO'RUS. (Gr. ^pvoi/, //irttow, a reed, and ^oCpor, ^/wwros, leaping.) Reed Wrens. 

 Of h\rgest size in tliis subfamily ; length 5.50-6.00. Back uniform in color, without streaks or 

 bars; wings and tail more or less barred crosswise j belly unmarked ; a long superciliary stripe ; 

 rump with concealed white spots. Eggs colored. 



Tail not longer than wings, like back in color, and barred, in Thryothorus proper Nos. 68, 69, 70 



Tail longer than wings, blackish, not fully barred, in Thryomanes 71, 72, 73 



68. T. ludovicia'nus. (Lat. Ludovicianus, Louisiana; of Ludovicus, Louis XIV., of France. 



Fig. 119.) Great Carolina Wren. Upper parts uniform reddish-brown, brightest on the 



rump, where are concealed whitish spots ; a 



long whitish superciliary line, usually bordered 



with dusky streaks ; upper surfaces of wings 



and tail like back, baiTcd with dusky, the outer 



edges of the primaries and lateral tail-feathers 



showing whitish spots. Below, rusty or muddy £$•' J MB 



whitish, clearest anteriorly, deepening behind, 



the under tail-coverts reddish-brown barred 



with blackish. Wing-coverts usually with dusky 



and whitish tips. Feet livid flesh-colored. 



Length 0.00; extent nearly 7.50; wing 2.40; 



tail 2.25 ; bill 0.65 ; tarsus 0.75. Eastern 



TJ. S., southerly; N. regularly to the MidcUe 



States, rarely to Massachusetts ; resident as far 



ncjrth at least as Washington. A common and 



well-known inhabitant of shrubbery, with a 



loud ringing song ; shy and secretive. Nest in 



any nook about out-buildings, or in shrubbery, 



when in the latter usually roofed over, of the 



most miscellaneous materials ; eggs 6-7, white, 



profusely speckled and blotched with shades of 



reddish, brown, and purplish: 0.72 X 0.60. 

 «9. T. 1. miamien'sis. (Of the Miami River, Florida.) Floridan Wren. Similar: larger, 



stouter, and more deeply-colored, especially below, where nearly uniform rusty-brown. Wing 



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



70. T. 1. berlan'dieri. (To Dr. Louis Berlandier.) Texan Wren, Similar: smaller; length 

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

 flanks as well as crissum barred with dusky ; tail-bars broken up into in-egular nebulation. 

 Valley of the Rio Grande ; a local race. 



71. T. be'wicki. (To Thomas Bewick.) Bewick's Wren. Above, dai^k grayish-brown; 

 below, ashy-white, with a brownish wash on the flanks. Rump with concealed whitish spots. 

 A long whitish superciliary stripe from nostrils to nape. Under tail-coverts dark-barred ; two 

 middle tail-feathers like back, with numerous fine black bars; others black with whitish 



Fig. 149. — Great Carolina Wren, reduced. 

 Nuttall, after Audubon.) 



