THE BIRD BOOK 



719. Bewick's Wren. Thryomanes bewicki 

 bewicki. 



Range.- — -South Atlantic and Gulf States, and 

 the Mississippi Valley north to Minnesota and 

 locally to the Middle States in the east. 



This species is not common on the Atlantic 

 coast but in the interior it is 

 the most abundant of the Wrens, 

 nesting in holes in trees, stumps, 

 fences, bird boxes, tin cans, etc., 

 filling the cavities with grass 

 and rootlets. Their eggs are 

 laid in the latter part of April 

 or May; they are white, specked and usually 

 wreathed about the large end with reddish 

 brown and purplish. Size .65 x .50. 



719a. VlGORS'S WREN. Thryomanes bewicki 

 spilurus. 



Range. — Pacific coast of California. 



This similar bird to the last has the same 

 general babits and the eggs are not in any way different from those of Bewick's 

 Wren. 



White 



Bewick's Wren 



719b. Baird's Wren. Thryomanes bewicki bairdi. 



Range. — Southwestern United States, from western Texas to eastern Cali- 

 fornia and north to Colorado and Nevada. 



Like the two preceding Wrens, this one nests in natural or artificial cavities, 

 and the four to seven eggs that they lay are precisely alike, in every respect, 

 to those of the others. 



719c. Texas Wren. Thryomanes bewicki cryptus. 



Range. — Texas, north in summer to western Kansas. 



A very abundant bird in Texas. Nesting habits not unusual nor eggs dis- 

 tinctive. 



71,9d. San Diego Wren. Thryomanes bewicki charienturus. 

 Range. — Coast of southern California. 



719e. Seattle Wren. Thryomanes bewicki calophonus. 



Range. — Pacific coast from Oregon to British Columbia. 



These last two sub-species have recently been separated from Vigors's Wren, 

 but their habits and eggs remain the same as those of that variety. 



719-1- San Clemente Wren. Thryomanes leucophrys. 



Range. — San Clemente Island, California. 



This species is similar to Vigors's Wren but is grayer and paler above. It is 

 not peculiar in its nesting habits and the eggs are like those of bewickii. 



7'-i". Guadalupe Wren. Thryomanes brevicauda. 



Range. — Guadalupe Island. 



A very similar species to the Vigors's Wren; nesting habits and the eggs are 

 not apt to differ in any respect. 



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