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Bewick's Wren. 



Genus Troglodytes (Vieill.) 

 320. Troglodytes sedon sedon (Vieill.). House Ween. 



Description. — Above cinnamon olive-brown, more rufous on the rump and tail; back generally 

 with indistinct bars; feathers of the rump with concealed, downy wliite spots; wings and tail 

 finely barred; below grayish trhile, flanks rusty, sides and flanks usually, breast rarely, under 

 tail-coverts always barred with blackish. L., .5.00; W., 1.97; T., 1.71; B., .50. (Chap., Birds 

 of E. N. A.) 



Range. — Eastern North America, nesting from ^'irginia northward; wintering in Southern 

 States. 



Ratige in North Carolina. — Spring and fall transient onty. 



The House Wren of the North is known in our State only as a rare transient, 

 having been noted from Ajiril 11 to May 4 in spring, and from September 24 to 

 October 16 in fall (188.5-1908). So far, it has been recorded only from Hyde, 

 Wake, Orange, and Buncombe counties. 



The nesting habits are said to be similar to those of the two preceding species. 

 It may reasonably l)e expected to breed in portions of the motmtain region, but no 

 one has yet recorded it from any part of the State in summer. Like most of the 

 family, it is a pleasing songster. 



