FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS. A7 
like calls he is a beautiful singer and not shy. He is 
fond of gardens and shrubbery. 
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138. BROWN THRUSH. THRASHER. Har- 
porhynchus rufus. — Length, 114 inches. Red-brown 
above ; white with black streaks below; tail long and 
rounded. Lives in the undergrowth and bushes, feed- 
ing on the ground on berries and insects under the 
leaves. He too has a beautiful voice. 
139. HOUSE WREN. Troglodytes aedon. — 
Length, 5 inches. Cinnamon brown above ; white 
below; finely barred with black all over. 
140. WINTER WREN. § Troglodytes hyemalis. 
— Length, 4 inches. Dark cinnamon brown above : 
brownish below ; heavily barred with black. 
141. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. (Cs- 
tothorus stellaris.—Lenegth, 4 inches. Upperparts black, 
white, and buff, streaked; white underneath; wing 
and tail barred. 
142. LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. (Cis- 
tothorus palustris. — Length, 5finches. Head brown 
above, with a white line over the eye: back black with 
white streaks; upper tail coverts cinnamon; under- 
parts white; wing and tail barred. 
143. BROWN CREEPER. Certhia familiaris 
americana. — Length, 53 inches. ‘The Creeper differs 
