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BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



Photograph by F. M. Chapman 



Fig. 29. Brown Thrasher 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Fairly common summer resident, 

 April 8, 1913 (Weber) and April 17, 1921 (Bowdish) to October 

 7, 1886 (Chapman) and November 8, 1910 (Bowdish); three 

 winter records. 



CAROLINA WREN (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 

 The Carolina Wren is an austral species which periodi- 

 cally spreads northward. Once a pair has become established, 

 however, they are strictly resident, but are unable to with- 

 stand an unusually severe winter. Our territory is at the 

 northern limit of its range, and its fortunes here vary widely. 

 Up to about 1900 it was resident on Staten Island, had bred 



