308 AVES : PASSERES, — XLVI. 
mon red above; lower parts thickly spotted; bill nearly straight, 
shorter and much less curved than in the other Harporhynchi, five 
species of which occur in the S. W. L.11. W.4. T.5}. B.1. 
E. U. S., abundant. A brilliant songster, its notes similar to those 
of the mocking-bird, but softer and less varied. 
523. THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. (Opvov, reed ; Godpos, leaping.) 
a. Tail not longer than wings, its feathers all brown with fine black bars. 
(Thryothorus.) 
1001. T. ludovicianus (Gmelin). CAarotina WreEN. Mocx- 
ING WREN. Clear reddish brown, brightest on rump; pale buffy 
below; wings barred; a pale superciliary stripe. L. 6. W. 23. 
T. 21. E. U. S., southerly, N. to Penn; a remarkable singer. 
(Lat., of Louisiana.) 
aa. Tail longer than wings, its feathers mostly blackish, the middle ones 
grayish, barred. (Thryomanes Sclater.) 
1002. T. bewickii (Audubon). Umber brown above; brownish 
white below; white streak above eye and on neck. L. 5}. W. 24. 
T. 24. §. U.S., N. to Penn. and Minn. (To Thos. Bewick.) 
524. TROGLODYTES Vieillot. (tpwyAodvrns, cave-dweller.) 
a, Tail more than ? wing. (Troglodytes.) 
1003. T. aedon Vieillot. House Wren. Brown, brightest be- 
hind ; rusty below; everywhere above and behind barred or waved 
with darker, distinctly so on wings, tail, and crissum. L. 5. W. 2. 
T. 2. KE. U. S., abundant; an active and familiar little bird. 
(andar, a singer.) 
aa. Tail very short, less than 3? wing. (Anorthura Rennie.) 
1004. T. hiemalis Vieillot. Winter Wren. Deep reddish- 
brown, waved with dusky; wings, tail, and belly posteriorly sharply 
barred. L.4. W.12. T.14. N. Am., U. S. in winter, common 
N.; a fine singer. (Lat., wintry.) 
525. CISTOTHORUS Cabanis. (kicros, a shrub, rock-rose ; 
Ootpos, leaping.) 
a. Bill about half as long as head; no white superciliary line. (Cistothorus.) 
1005. C. stellaris (Lichtenstein). SHortT-BILLED MARsH WREN. 
Dark brown, head and back darker ; entire upper parts with white 
streaks; lower parts buffy. L. 4}. W.13. T.1% E.U.S., in 
marshes; rather rare. (Lat., starry.) 
aa. Bill slender, about as long as head; a conspicuous white superciliary line. 
(Telmatodytes Cab.) 
1006. C. palustris (Wilson). Lone-pirtEp Marsa WREN. 
Clear brown; back with a black patch containing white streaks ; 
otherwise unstreaked above ; crown blackish ; lower parts brownish 
white. L.5. W.2. T.13. U.S., abundant in reedy swamps. 
