THE SEATTLE WREN. aee 
to appear of an almost uniform hair brown in color, very dark, except oc- 
casionally in the case of the last laid egg. The sitting bird must subject her 
eggs to frequent turning in the nest, for they become highly polished during 
incubation. 
No. 3118. 
SEATTLE WREN. 
A. O. U. No. 719 e. Thryomanes bewickii calophonus Oberholser. 
Description.—Adults: Above, dark olive-brown, or warm sepia brown with 
an olive tinge; the rump with downy, concealed, white spots; wings showing at 
least traces of dusky barring,—sometimes complete on tertials; tail blackish on 
concealed portions, distinctly and finely barred with black on exposed portions ; the 
outer pairs of feathers white-tipped and showing white barring, incipient or com- 
plete on terminal third; a narrow white superciliary stripe, and an indistinct dark 
stripe thru eye; underparts grayish white, tinged on sides and flanks with brown; 
under tail-coverts heavily barred with blackish; bill dark brown above, lighter 
below; culmen slightly decurved. Length: 5.00-5.50 (127-139.7); wing 2.08 
52.8) ; tail 2.01 (52.3); bill .59 (15); tarsus .79 (20). 
Recognition Marks.—Warbler size; known from Western House Wren by 
superciliary stripe and whiter underparts, mostly unbarred; a little larger and 
more deliberate in movements. 
Nesting.—WNest: in holes or crannies about stumps, upturned roots, brush- 
heaps, etc., or in buildings; a rather slight affair of dried grasses, skeleton leaves, 
mosses, and waste, rarely twigs, lined with wool, hair, or feathers. Eggs: 4-6, 
usually 5, white, speckled or spotted, rather sparingly, with reddish brown or 
purplish, uniformly or chiefly in wreath about larger end. Avy. size, .68 x .54 
(17.3 x 13.7). Season: April 15-June 15; two broods. 
General Range.—Pacific Coast district from Oregon to southern British 
Columbia and Vancouver Island; resident. 
Range in Washington.—Resident west of the Cascades, chiefly at lower 
levels and in valleys. 
Authorities.—? Townsend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. VII. 1837, 154 
(Columbia River). Thriothorus bewickii Baird, Pac. Rep. R. R. Surv. IX. 1858, 
Pegosepart. (D)y (€&s)). L2) Rhy Kb: Ra. Kk. B: E- 
Specimens.—U. of W. P. Prov. B. BN. E. 
TO those who are acquainted only with the typical Bewick Wren of the 
East, the added vocal accomplishments of our western representative come 
in the nature of a surprise. For to the characteristic ditty of bewickii proper, 
calophonus has introduced so many trills and flourishes that the original 
motif is almost lost to sight. Calophonus means having a beautiful voice, or 
sweetly sounding, and right well does the bird deserve the name, in a region 
which is all too conspicuous for its lack of notable songsters. 
