CAROLINA WREN. 
718. Thryothorus ludovicianus. 5% inches. 
Above rusty brown and below washed with the same, 
the throat and line over the eye being white. 
Like all the Wrens, this one commonly sits or flits 
about in the brush, with the tail erect over the body; 
only when singing is it held downward. ‘Their flight 
is usually only for a short distance, accomplished by 
rapid wing beats and with a jerking motion of the tail. 
Song.—Loud and tinkling, and utterly impossible to 
describe. 
Nest.—In brush heaps, holes in trees, bird boxes or 
bushes; made of weeds, grass and any trash that they 
may pick up; eggs, five to seven in number, white, 
specked with reddish brown (.74 x .60). 
Range.—Fastern U. S., breeding from the Gulf north 
to Connecticut and Illinois; resident. 718a. Florida 
Wren (miamensis) is found in southern Florida. 718b. 
Lomita Wren (lomitensis), found in southern Texas. 
