550 AOIiTII AMERICAX lURDS. 



middle and greater wing-eovcrts usuallj' marked witb small termi- 

 nal white scoots; a broad rusty brown stripe behind eye; lower 

 parts varying from dull white to deep tawny buff (the chin alwaj's 

 whitish); lower tail-eoverts barred with duskj- ; length 5.25-G.OO, 

 wing 2.1S-2.50 (2.35), tail 1.80-2.35 (2.09), exposed culmen .G0-.70 

 (.64), tarsus .72-.S8 (.81). JS^'est usually in woods. Eijgs 3-6, .75 X 

 .58, white, pinkish white, creamy white, or pale pinkish cream-color, 

 thickly speckled, on or round larger end, with reddish brown. Hnb. 

 Eastern United States, except southeastern Florida ; rare or local 

 north of about 40°; west to edge of Great Plains; south to Gulf 

 coast, including northeastern Mexico (Nuevo Leon and Taniau'.i- 



(88.) pas') 718. T. ludovicianus (Lath.). Carolina Wren. 



c'. Larger, and darker colored ; above deep chestnut, beneath deep tawny, 

 paler (more buffy) on belly and under tail-coverts ; superciliary 

 stripe buff; otherwise like T. hidoficiaiuis ; length about 5.80-6.50, 

 wing 2.45-2.75 (2.61), tail 2.25-2.60 (2.43), exjiosed culmen .70-.80 

 (.78), tarsus .85-.9o (.88). irnh. .Southeastern Florida. 



718rt. T. ludovicianus miamensis Eidgw. Florida Wren. 

 6'. Tail-feathers (except middle pair) chiefly plain blackish, the outer feathers 

 spotted and barred at tip with light graj'ish and dull whitish. (Middle 

 pair of tail-feathers grayish brown or brownish gray, barred or trans- 

 versely spotted with black or dusky.) (Subgenus Thri/omanes Sclater.) 

 c'. Tail decidedly shorter than wing. 



Above deep umber-brown (more grajMsb in worn plumage), the 

 middle tail-feathers grayer, barred or transversely spotted with 

 dusky ; superciliarj- stripe and streaks on side of neck white ; 

 lower parts brownish white, becoming more strongly tinged 

 with brownish posteriorly, especially on flanks; length about 

 5.10-5.50. wing 2.30-2.40, tail 2.05-2.15, exposed culmen .65- 

 .68, tarsus .80. Hah. Yucatan, and adjacent portions of Gua- 

 temala and Mexico. 



T. albinucha (C.vbot). Cabot's Wren.' 



c^ Tail equal to or longer than wing. {Nest usuallj- about buildings, 



except in unsettled districts. Jijgs 5-7— rarely 9— pure white or 



pinkish white, finelj-, often vcrj- minutely, speckled or sjjrinkled 



oil or round larger end with reddish brown and lilac-graj-.) 



(IK Top of head, back, etc., deep umber-brown ; length 5.00-5.50, wing 



2.05-2.25 (2.14), tail 2.10-2.40 (2.21), exposed culmen .50-.55 



1 Sjicciincns from northcn'tcm Me.tico constitute the T. berhndi'crl BAinn, which will probably prove ten- 

 able as a nice, the three specimens upon which the species was bnsed, although in worn brceilinp; plumage, being 

 much deeper rusty ochraccous beneath even than in winter specimens of T. luil'in'ci'aiiut, ami also different in 

 eome other characters. All Texan specimens, however, that I have seen, including several from tho lower Rio 

 Grande (Sennett), are so like the ordinary northern birds that I am unable to appreciate any difference. 



» Trngh'h/tci alhinuclin Cabot, Proc. Bost. Soo. N. II. ii. 1817, 258. Thiyollionii albiunchu Bairp, Rev. 

 1SB4, Itfl; Salv. A Gonsi., Biol. Centr.-Am., Avos, i. 1880, 94, pi. 7, fig. 2. 



