308 AVES : PASSERES. — XLVI. 



mon red above ; lower parts tliickly spotted ; bill nearly straij:;ht, 

 shorter and iiuich less curved than in the other Harporhynchi, five 

 species of whieh 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 niocking-hinl, but softer and less varied. 



523. THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. (dpvov, reed ; eovpos, leaping.) 



a. Tail not loiiu'i r tliaii win;,'s, its foathers all brown with fine black bars. 



1001. T. ludovicianua ((Jmelin). Caholina Wkkn. Mock- 

 ing Wkkn. Clear reddish brown, bri<j;iitest on rump; pale buffy 

 below; wings barred; a pale superciliary stripe. L. 6. W. 2^. 

 T. 2J. E. U. S., southerly, N. to Penn. ; a remarkable singer. 



523 b. THRYOMANES Sclater. 

 aa. Tail longer than wings. 



1002. T. bew^ickii (Audubon). Umber brown above ; brownish 

 white below; white streak above eye and on neck. L. 5^. W. 2j. 

 T. 2^. S. U. S., N. to Penn. and Minn. (To Thos. Bewick.) 



524. TROGLODYTES Vieillot. (rpwyXoSur;;?, cave-dweller.) 

 a. Tail more than ij wing. (Tro<jlodytes.) 



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. E. U. S., abundant; an active and familiar little bird. 



524 b. ANORTHURA Kennie. 

 an. Tail very short, less than } wing. 



1004. A. hiemalis (Vieillot). Winter Wuen. Deep reddish- 

 brown, waved with dusky ; wings, tail, and belly posteriorly sharply 

 barred. L. 4. W. 1|. T. 1^. N. Am., U. S. in winter, common 

 N. ; a line singer. (Lat., wintry.) 



525. CISTOTHORTJS Cabanis. (k/oto?, a shrub, rock-rose; 

 dovpos, leaping.) 

 o. Bill about half as long as head; no white superciliary line. (Cislolhortu.) 



100.5. C. stellaris (Lichtenstcin). Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Dark brown, head and bat-k darker ; entire upper parts with white 

 streaks; lower parts bufTy. L. 4^. W. If. T. If. E. U. S., in 

 marshes ; rather rare. (Lat., starry.) 



aa. Bill slender, about as long as head; a conspicuous white superciliary line. 

 (Ttlm<ilo,l,jl,s Ciih.) 



1006. C. palustris (Wilson). I><>ng-iullki» Marsh Wren. 

 Clear brown ; back with a black patch containing white streaks; 

 otherwise unstreaked abftve ; crowri blackish ; lower parts brownish 

 white. L. 5. W. 2. T. IJ. U. S., abundant in reedy swaiujjs. 



