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The Carolina Wren {Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus) 

 Classification breeds from soutiieastern Nebraska, soutiiern Iowa, Ohio, 

 southern Pennsylvania and lower Hudson and Connecticut 

 valleys south to central Texas (western Texas in winter). Gulf States and 

 northern Florida; casual north to Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, Massa- 

 chusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. The form known as the Florida 

 Wren {Thryothorus ludovicianus miamensis) , is the Florida representative of 

 this species south of the Suwannee river, Gainesville and Palatka. The 

 Lomita Wren {Thryothorus ludovicianus lomitensis) , is the form of the Caro- 

 lina Wren represented in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas and 

 northern Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



