DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 1273 



1. BROWN THRASHER, T. EUFUM. 11.50: bright red- 

 "brown above ; wing bands and beneath, buffy-white ; streaked 

 on sides of neck, breast, and sides, with brown, fig, 363. 

 Breeds throughout eastern U. S. from the Carolinas south- 

 ward ; south in Oct. ; north in April and May. Frequents dry 

 thickets; song, loud and varied, each note being repeated 

 once or twice. When singing is usually perched in some 

 elevated situation. 



R. WRENS. Troglodytidae. 



Small birds with slender bills ; brown above, white below ; 

 usually banded on wings or tail ; often keep tail erect, 

 a. Mocking Wrens. Tliryothorus. 



Rather large wrens with quite long curved bills and grad- 

 uated tails. Nests, in cavities of logs, stumps, etc. 



1. CAROLINA WREN, T. LUDOViciANUS. 5.25; rusty- 

 brown above; line from bill Fig. 364. 

 over eye down neck, buffy- 

 white; narrow line over this, 

 black; buffy beneath, nearly 

 white on throat ; no bands on 

 flanks, fig. 364. Breeds from 

 northern Fla. north to south- 

 ern N. E. rarely to Mass., west 

 to middle Kan. ; winters from 

 the Carolinas southward. Fre- 

 quents low thickets. Song, loud, 

 clear and varied; often mimics other lurds. 



1*. FLORIDA WREN, T. l. miamensis. Differs from 

 1 in being larger and much darker; rich chestnut above, 

 tawny-ochraceous below, excepting throat. Peninsula of Fla. 

 b. Long-tailed Wrens. Tbryomanes. 



Bill, slender; wings and tail, rather long; in our species 

 "white bandings and tippings on tail. 



CC, R, a, 1. 



