FAMILY Troglodytide. 
Bewick’s Wren A very rare species east of the Alleghanies 
ee eres but one which has been found in Ontario, 
Bewickii : 
L. 5.00 inches SOUthern New Hampshire, central Penn 
April roth sylvania, and Washington, D. C. Its 
common range is from southern Michigan, northern IIli- 
nois and western Pennsylvania south to Georgia, northern 
Mississippi, central Alabama and eastern Texas; westward 
it extends to the borders of the Prairie Lands. It has not 
yet been reported from New York. In color and size it 
closely resembles the House Wren, but the wings and tail 
are a trifle longer, the deep cinnamon brown of the back is 
less mixed with other tones, and the primary feathers (long 
wing feathers) are not barred, the middle tail-feathers 
are black-barred, and the outer ones are black tipped with 
pale gray, under parts gray white, and a white line extends 
over the eye. The nest and its location is like that of the 
House Wren. Egg china white sprinkled with sienna 
brown or lavender, sometimes in a wreath at the larger end. 
The song is a loud and clear roundelay in tone quality 
similar to that of the Carolina Wren but far sweeter, with- 
out the fixed reiteration of the latter bird’s rhythm, and 
with much of the freedom and exuberance of the music of 
the inimitable Winter Wren. But I have no notations 
which would demonstrate its rhythmic character. Ridg- 
way says the song may be heard a quarter of a mile or more 
away. It is far more deliberate in its movements than the 
Carolina Wren. 
House Wren The commonest and most familiar mem- 
Troglodytes @don har of the Wren family; a tiny bird with an 
L. 4.75 inches z : ‘ : 
April 3oth extensive, rippling, laughing song which 
reminds one strongly of a musical waterfall 
or purling brook. His upturned, perky tail, however, is 
quite as notable a mark of his personality. The upper 
parts are mixed cinnamon brown and olive brown becoming 
more ruddy on the rump and tail, the back with ill-defined 
darker bars, the wings and tail finely barred with sepia, the 
sides similarly barred, and the under parts very pale gray 
or Quaker drab. The range is throughout eastern North 
America from Wisconsin eastward to New Brunswick, 
and southward to Virginia and Kentucky. The nest, 
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