46 FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS. 
135. AMERICAN REDSTART.  Setophaga 
ruticilla. — Length, 54 inches. Black; sides of breast, 
wing bar, and middle of tail-feathers pink; belly 
white. Female whitish instead of pink, and brown 
instead of black, being lighter on the throat. 
136. AMERICAN PIPIT. TIT-LARK. An- 
thus pennsylvanicus. — Length, 64 inches. Resembles 
a Water-thrush, but has wing bars and outer tail- 
feathers spotted with white, and throat and belly not 
streaked. Hind toe-nail very long. In open fields 
near the seashore in large flocks. : 
THRASHERS AND WRENS.— Troglodytidae. 
Bruu. — Slender, pointed, but not 
hooked, similar to the 
Warbler’s bill. 
The chief point of difference is in the length of the 
first few quills on each wing. In the Warblers the 
first three quills are of about the same length, while 
in the Troglodytidae the first two are much shorter 
than the next few. 
The Thrashers are fine singers, and haunt the outer 
edges of woods, feeding on berries and insects. 
The Wrens inhabit stone walls and woodpiles, like 
eround squirrels, and hunt there for worms and insects. 
The Marsh Wrens inhabit the reeds in river marshes. 
All are summer birds except the Winter Wren and 
the Brown Creeper. 
137. CATBIRD.  Galeoscoptes carolinensis. — 
Length, 9 inches. Slate gray; cap and tail black ; 
under tail coverts chestnut. Besides making his cat- 
