Birds of Indiana. 



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■Subgenus Troglodytes. 



^300. (721). Troglodytes aedon (Vieill.). 



House Wren. 

 Synonym, Short-taii.ed House Wren. 



House Wren. 

 (Judd.— Year Book, United States Department of Agriculture, 1895, p. 417.) 



Adult. — Above, umber-brown, the head darker, rump and tail decid- 

 edly rusty; back usually with indistinct dusky bars (sometimes entirely 

 wanting); wings and tail, distinctly barred; rump with concealed white 

 dot; an indistinct stripe over the eye; sides of head, whitish; below, 

 whitish or grayish, often shaded with brown; sides and under tail 

 coverts, barred with dusky. 



Length, 4.25-5.25; wing, 1.90-2.15; tail, 1.72-2.08; bill, .46-.52. 



Eange. — Eastern North America, from Gulf Coast to Maine and 

 Ontario, west to Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Texas. Breeds from 

 central Indiana, central Illinois, southern Ohio and District of Colum- 

 bia, north; also in Florida. Winters chiefly south of lat. 35°. 



Nest, preferably about buildings, in a hole or box. Eggs, 7-9; 

 white, thickly spotted with reddish -brown; .65 by .50. 



The House Wren is known over much of southern Indiana only 

 as a migrant, and there may be found in thickets, along fences, about 



