38 NESTS AND EGGS OF N. A. BIRDS. 



60. THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS. 



CAROLINA WREW. 



The typical nest of this bird found in Ohio, where it breeds 

 abundantly, is a massive coarse structure, made of strips of corn- 

 stalks, grasses, hay and leaves, with an intermixture of the 

 silk of corn. It is lined with chicken feathers, fine dry grasses 

 and horse hair. This Species is not particular as to the situation 

 of its nest. It is found in holes of trees, in woodpiles and in low 

 bushes, sometimes in a nook or corner of a barn, often under an 

 accumulation of brushwood. The nest will not unfrequently 

 measure five or six inches in depth. Sometimes these nests are 

 arched over at the top, the opening being only large enough to ad- 

 mit one bird at a time. 



The eggs are from five to seven in number, of a rounded-oval 

 shape, some are more oblong than others. The ground-color is 

 a reddish-white, covered with blotches of puf pie, slate and reddish- 

 brown. These are diffused over the entire surface of the egg, 

 probably more abundant at the larger end. The measurements 

 vary more or less, with an average of 74 by .60. 



60a. THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS BERLANDIERI. 



BERLANDIER'S WREN. ** 



60b. THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS MIAMENSIS. 



FLORIDA WREN. ** 



61. THRYOMANES BEWICKI. 



BEWICK'S WREN. 



This species "was first observed breeding by Professor Baird, in 

 Carlisle, Penn,, in 1844, 



In all respects the nests and their location correspond with those 

 of the common Wren. •••** The late Dr. Gerhardt of Varnell's 

 Station, Ga., met with- this species among the mountainous por- 

 tions of Northern Georgia, where it generally nested in holes in 

 stumps. In one instance the nest was constructed five inches in 

 length, and four in diameter, with a cavity two inches in depth, 

 and the walls of great proportionate thickness, made externally of 

 coarse roots, finer on the inside, and lined with various kinds of 



