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this species, but did not secure the specimen. There can be little 
doubt as to the correctness of the identification, but it is deemed 
advisable to withhold this bird from full standing in the lst until 
the taking of a specimen places the record beyond all doubt, since it 
is a rare species in both Colorado and Wyoming.]. 
718. Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham)—CaroLiIna WREN. 
Aughey saw this bird but once in Nebraska, in Richardson county, 
June 12, 1875. Bruner saw it again years afterward at Rulo in the 
same county. The third and last instance of its occurrence was a 
specimen taken at Roca, Feb. 20, 1902, by J.S. Hunter (See Proc. N. 
O. U. III, p. 108). It is probably a rare resident in the extreme 
southeastern part of the state. 
719. *Thryomanes bewickii (Audubon)—Brwick WREN. 
Aughey’s record stands alone for this bird in Nebraska. He found 
a nest near the Missouri river in Otoe county, June 12, 1875, and 
watched the parents feed their young with small locusts. 
The recording of 7. b. bairdii (in part cryptus) from Nebraska was 
a guess by Taylor as to the identity of Aughey’s specimen. Since 
the rearrangement of the subspecies, (See Proce. U. 5S. Nat. Mus., 
XXI, pp. 421-450) the only other form likely to occur in this state is 
719c. T. b. eryptus Oberholser, the Texas Bewick Wren, which is found 
north to Kansas and eastern Colorado and may straggle into western 
Nebraska. 
(721. Troglodytes aedon Vieillot—Housre Wren. 
Both eastern and western forms of this species have been recorded 
‘from this state, but a careful examination proves them all to refer to 
the western subspecies. The western range of aedon is to Indiana 
and Illinois and it probably never reaches this state.] 
721a. *Troglodytes aedon aztecus (Baird)—WersteERN House WREN. 
Entire state, abundant summer resident and breeder; arriving in 
the middle of April, breeding in the latter part of May, and in June 
and departing late in September and in October, though lingering 
even to the first of November. 
722. Olbiorchilus hiemalis (Vieillot)—-WintTER WREN. 
Rather rare winter resident, appearing in the middle of Septem- 
ber and present until March. Omaha, Peru, Dunbar, Blair, West 
Point, Neligh, Lincoln. Breeds north of this state. 
724. *Cistothorus stellaris (Lichtenstein) —-SHoRT-BILLED Marsh WREN. 
An uncommon migrant and rare summer resident in eastern 
Nebraska. Aughey found a nest in a marsh in Dixon county in 1867, 
the only time he found it breeding. It has also been found at Omaha, 
West Point, and Lincoln in summer, and nests have been found at 
the two latter localities (See Proc. N. O. U. III, p. 108). 
