i?22 TiMELiinj;. 



along the edge of the inner web. Total length 5-4 inches, cnlmen 

 0-75, wing 2*4, tail 2, tarsns 0'S5. 



The Great Carolina AVreu inhabits the eastern province of the 

 United States, from Florida to Maryland and from the Atlantic to 

 Kansas and the valley of the Rio Grande. 



a. c? ad. sk. District, Columbia, U.S.A., Smithsonian Institution. 



April2,1877(7'.L. FoMW^r). 



h. Ad. sk. [North America.] Purchased. 



c. Ad. st, [North America.] jNlajor-Gen. Hardwieke [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. [North America.] Purchased*. 



2. Thryothorus berlandieri f, 



Thryothorus berlandieri, Baird, in B. N. Amer. 1858, p. .362, 



pi. Ixxxiii. fig. 1 (ex Couch, MSS.) ; id. Review Amer. B. p. 124 ; 



Sah. ^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 94. 

 Troglodytes berlandieri, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 189, no. 2571. 

 Thryothorus ludovicianus, var. berlandieri, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 



p." 86 ; id. B. N.- West, p. 29 ; Baird, Brewer, Sc Ridqio. Hist. N. 



Amer. B. i. p. 144, pi. 9. fig. 2 ; Coues, B. Color. Vail. p. 168 ; 



Merrill, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 121. 

 Troglodytes ludovicianus berlandieri, Sennett, Bull. U.S. A'^dt. Mus. i. 



p. 121. 



Adult. Very similar to T. ludovicianus, but distinguished by its 

 deeper-coloured lower parts, these being fulvous from the middle of 

 tlie throat to the anus, more rufescent on the flanks, which are 

 obsoletely barred under some lights ; the fulvous neck leaves the 

 ear-coverts and upper throat and chin in strong contrast, appearing 

 silvery white, the chin and throat diiller white. In T. ludovicianus 

 there is no difference between the colour of the sides of face and the 

 underparts. Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-25, tail 2, 

 tarsus 0-9. 



Berlandier's Wren replaces the foregoing species in the Lower 

 Eio Grande valley, and also probably extends into Texas. 



a. Ad. sk. North America. Baron Laugier de Chartreuse. 



3. Thryothorus miamensis. 



Thryothorus ludovicianus, var. miamensis, Ridgxc. Amer. Nat. is. 

 p.' 469. 



" Similar to T. ludovicianus, but larger, stouter, and more deeply 

 coloured. Above rusty chestnut, most castaneous on the back, and 

 becoming browner on the forehead. Wings and tail with indistinct, 

 narrow dusky bars, and rump with concealed white spots ; a white 

 postocular stripe of dark nrsty on the upper half of the auriculars, 

 running back into the rusty of the nape. Below deep rusty ochi-a- 



* Said to come from Jamaica. 



t For full svnouvmv of this and the other North-American Wreus, see Coues, 

 B. Color. Valley. P- 168. 



