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thing else that is big or unpleasant to them ; they quarrel a good deal, and are 
particularly spiteful towards martins and swallows, whose homes they often invade 
and occupy. Their song is bright and hearty, and they are fond of their own 
music; when disturbed at it, they make a great ado with noisy scolding. Part of 
them live in reedy swamps and marshes, where they hang astonishingly big globular 
nests, with a little hole in one side, on tufts of rushes, and lay six or eight dark 
colored eggs; the others nest anywhere, in shrubbery, knotholes, hollow stumps 
and other odd nooks. Nearly all are migratory ; one is stationary; one comes to 
us in fall from the north, the rest in spring from the south. Insectivorous, and 
very prolific, laying several sets of eggs each season. Plainly colored, the browns 
being the usual colors ; no red, blue, yellow or green in any of our species. 
18. Genus CAMPYLORHYNCHUS Spix. 
Brown-headed Creeper Wren. Brown, conspicuously white-streaked, 
crown brown, plain; below whitish becoming pale brownish behind, with 
many very distinct round black spots, largest and closest on throat and 
breast ; tail feathers black, only the outer and central pair with more than 
one white bar on the inner web. Largest of all, 8; wing and tail about 34. 
South-western United States, and southward. Cass., Ill., 156, pl. 25; 
BDO OOOPmbilieg.) Sur alede epucle so os 0  ) BRUNNEICAPIEELUS. 
Allied Creeper Wren. Similar; smaller; fewer and smaller black spots 
on breast; tail feathers all with white bars or spots on both webs. Cape 
St. Lucas, Xantus, Proc. Acad. Philada., 1859, p. 298; Exuxior, pl. 3; 
Bp., Rev. 100; Coor., 62. <A variety of the last? bch ee ts OAREENTS: 
19. Genus SALPINCTES Cabanis. 
Tock Wren. Brownish-gray, often obsoletely waved with lighter and 
darker shades, becoming cinnamon or fulvous-brown on rump, everywhere 
speckled with black and white dots; below whitish, throat and breast 
obscurely streaked with dusky ; belly and sides fulvous-brown-tinted, under 
tail coverts blackish-barred; wings dusky, obscurely waved with paler, 
chiefly on outer webs; middle tail feathers barred like wings, others with 
broad subterminal black bar and fulvous tip; outer feather often with 
several such markings. 53-6; wings 2%, tail 24; all the markings are 
obscure and blended; the brown has often a slight pinkish shade. Central 
and Rocky Mountain region of the United States into Mexico. (Myiothera 
obsoleta, Bonar., Am. Orn., i, 6, pl. 1,f. 2.) Nurr., i, 435; Avp., ii, 
BS ep le lGi bps. 3008 COOP hO0 sn ce keer) 9s be. 2) 4) OBSOLETA. 
20. Genus CATHERPES Baird. 
Mexican or White-throated Wren. . Brown, grayer towards and on head, 
becoming rich ferruginous or brownish-red behind, both above and below ; 
chin and throat pure white; back and crown finely speckled with black 
and white dots; wings dusky, waved with brown; tail rich brown, like the 
rump and belly, with numerous narrow distinct black bars; belly waved 
or speckled with dusky and whitish; bill long (? or more), extremely 
