86 TROGLODYTIDEH, WRENS.—GEN. 21, 22. 
slender; 5-54; wing 24, tail 24. South-western United States and south- 
ward. Cass., Ill., 173, pl. 30; Bp., 356; Coop., 66. . . MEXICANUS. 
21. Genus THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. 
* Tail not longer than wings, all its feathers reddish-brown with numerous fine 
black bars. 
Carolina Wren. Clear reddish-brown, slightly grayer on head, brightest 
on rump; below tawny of varying shade; long conspicuous superciliary 
line white or tawny; wings edged 
with color of back, and dusky waved ; 
wing coverts usually whitish spotted ; 
under tail coverts usually blackish 
barred; sides of body unmarked. 
54 to nearly 6; wings 24, tail rather 
less. Eastern United States, rather 
southern; north to Connecticut, and 
scarcely or not migratory; winters | 
at Washington, D. C. A voluble 
songster. Wius., ii, 61, pl. 12, f. 
5s Nuri, 1, 429). App. i, kl’: 
pl. 117; Bp., 8361. LupovicraNnus. 
Var. BERLANDIERI. Berlandier’s 
Wren. Similar; rather smaller; bill 
larger; darker, especially below; sides 
dusky-barred. Near Mexican boundary. 
A geographical race of the last, with 
which it is perfectly connected, according to Mr. Allen, by intermediate Floridan 
specimens. Bp., 362, pl. 83, f. 1; Rev. 124. 
** Tail longer than wings; its feathers mostly black. 
Bewich’s Wren. Grayish-brown; below ashy-white; superciliary line 
white; wings dusky, faintly waved; under tail coverts dark-barred ; two 
middle tail feathers like back, with numerous fine black bars, others black, 
several of the lateral with white or gray spots or tips. 54; extent 63; 
wings little or not over 2, tail 24. United States, southern ; in New Mexico 
and Arizona, whiter below (var. leucogaster) ; on Pacific coast, grayer above 
and bill longer (var. spilurus). Nurr., i, 434; Aup., ii, 120, pl. 118; 
BD oS evs 126s COOP a7 O0s acme tte Reena eM romantemt mace E EWR Goel ee 
Fic. 29. Carolina Wren. 
22. Genus TROGLODYTES Vieillot. 
House Wren. Brown, brighter behind; below rusty-brown, or grayish- 
brown, or even grayish-white ; everywhere waved with darker shade, very 
plainly on wings, tail, flanks and under tail coverts; breast apt to be darker 
than either throat or belly; bill less than head, about half an inch long ; 
wings and tail nearly equal, about 13-2$; total length from 4$-53 (aver- 
age 4%). Eastern United States, very abundant anywhere. WZUxs., ii, 129, 
