CAROLINA WREN. 



mocking wren. 

 Thryothorus ludovicianus. 



Char. Above, reddish brown, with fine black bars ; below, tawny buff ; 

 long line over the eye white or buff ; wings and tail with dark bars 

 Length 5>^ to 6 inches. 



Nest. In any available hole, often in hollow tree, sometimes in brush 

 heap, usually in the woods ; composed of grass, leaves, etc., sometimes 

 fastened with corn-silk, lined with feathers, grass, or horse-hair. 



Eggs. 3-6 ; white, with pink or buff tint, thickly speckled around 

 larger end with reddish brown ; 0.75 X 0.60. 



This remarkable mimicking and Musical Wren is a constant 

 resident in the Southern States from Virginia to Florida, but 

 is rarely seen at any season north of the line of Maryland or 

 Delaware, though, attracted by the great river- courses, it is 

 abundant from Pittsburg to New Orleans. A few individuals 

 stray, in the course of the spring, as far as the line of New 

 York, and appear in New Jersey and the vicinity of Philadel- 

 phia early in the month of May. On the 17th of April, re- 

 turning from a Southern tour of great extent, I again recognized 

 my old and pleasing acquaintance, by his usual note, near 

 Chester, on the Delaware, where, I have little doubt, a few 

 remain and pass the summer, retiring to the South only 



