NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



between the tiles under the roofs of the houses. It is composed of fine 

 vegetable materials, spider webs, etc. It is also called Canon Wren. 



Hab. Central regions of North America, from boundary of United States northward ; extends up valley 

 of the Colorado. Western Nevada resident. — Rzdgzvay. 



60. CaroHna Wren — thryothorus ludovicianus. Reddish-white, spot- 

 ted with various shades of reddish-brown ; these are diffused over the entire 

 surface of the egg, but apparently more abundant at the larger end. The 

 number laid ranges from four to seven, and the average size of twenty 

 specimens is .74 by .61. The Carolina or Mocking Wren is found in all 

 the southeastern and southern states from Florida to Maryland, and 

 from the Atlantic to Kansas. 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 wood piles and in low bushes, sometimes in a nook or 

 corner of a barn, often under an accumulation of brushwood; sometimes 

 these nests are arched over at the top, the opening being only large 

 enough to admit the bird. 



Hab. Eastern United States, rather southern; north to New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts rare. 



OOrt. Berlandier's Wren — thryothorus ludovicianus berlandieri. 

 White with a reddish tinge, thickly dotted with reddish and pale lilac, 

 especially at the larger end ; in some the ground color has a warm 

 reddish tint, like many eggs of the House Wren. Dr. Merrill records it as a 

 rather common resident in the vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas. Although 

 several pairs were known to breed within the Fort, he did not succeed in 

 finding their nests, which he thought were placed in some thick brush 

 piles, probably similar to those of the Carolina Wren. A set of four eggs 

 taken near Edinburgh, Texas, in an old Woodpecker's excavation, average 



.73 by .54. Hab. Valley of Rio Grande. Te.xas. 



61. Bewick's Wren — thryomanes bewicki. Thickly covered with 

 reddish-brown, almost concealing the white ground; seven to nine. They 

 measure from .60 to .68 in length and from .48 to .54 in width; a common 

 size is .49 by .64. Nests of this bird are placed anywhere ; in boxes, holes, 

 fence-posts, brush heaps, stumps, hollow trees, barns, sheds, etc. Dr. 

 Howard E. Jones, who obtained what are believed to be the first specimens 

 of nests and eggs of this species ever taken in Ohio, has the following in his 

 text of the "Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of the Birds of Ohio:"t 



■)■ This admirable work demands more than a passing notice. It is not too much to say that it rivals in 

 beauty and truthfulness of illustration the production of Audubon, and the most skilful critic would almost 

 lose his critical powers in admiration upon beholding the striking likenesses presented i.ithis work. The 

 text is preeminently accurate. 



