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WRENS. 



1. BEWICK'S WREN, T. bewickii. 5.50; plain brown 

 above ; line over eye and beneath, dull white ; wings, tail, and 



Fiff. 365. 



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under tail coverts, barred 

 with dusky ; whitish band- 

 ings on tail, conspicuous, 

 fig. 365. Breeds in eastern 

 U. S. from N. J. west to 

 southern Minn,, south to 

 northern Fla. and Tex ; win- 

 ters in southern portion of 

 range ; south in Sep. ; north 

 in May; accidental in N. H. 

 Frequents open sections. 



Nests in holes about buildings. Song, a continuous bubbling 

 melody. 



c. House Wrens. Trog"lodytes. 



Small wrens; bill, rather stout; wings and tails, short;, 

 both banded with dusky, 



1. HOUSE WREN, T. aedon. 5.00; dark reddish- 

 brown above and on sides; dull white beneath tinged with 

 brownish ; flanks barred with dus- Fig. 306. 



ky, fig. 366. Breeds throughout 

 eastern U. S. north into Canada; 

 "winters from the Carolinas 

 through the Gulf States ; common 

 but locally distributed in N. E. ; 

 south in Sep. and Oct. ; north in 

 May. Frequents orchards. Nests 

 in holes of trees and about build- 

 ings. Song, acontinuous bub- 

 bling melody. In autumn and 

 winter, seeks the shelter of brush 

 iieaps and thickets. 



1*. WESTERN HOUSE WREN, T. a. parkmanii. Dif- 

 fers from 1 in being much paler with back usually barred 

 with dusky. Breeds throughout western U. S. and Canada^ 

 east to III ; winters in Mexico. 



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