308 AYES : PASSERES. XLVI. 



mon red above ; lower parts thickly spotted ; bill nearly straight, 

 shorter and much less curved than in the other Harporliynchi, five 

 species of which occur in the S. W. L. 11. W. 4. T. 5J. B. 1. 

 E. U. S., abundant. A brilliant songster, its notes similar to those 

 of the mocking-bird, but softer and less varied. 



523. THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. (Qpvov, reed ; Bovpos, leaping.) 



a. Tail not longer than wings, its feathers all brown with fine black bars. 

 (Thryothorus.) 



1001. T. ludovicianus (Gmelin). CAROLINA WREN. MOCK- 

 ING WREN. Clear reddish brown, brightest on rump ; pale buffy 

 below; wings barred; a pale superciliary stripe. L. 6. W. 2. 

 T. 2J-. E. U. S., southerly, N. to Perm; a remarkable singer. 

 (Lat., of Louisiana.) 



aa. Tail longer than wings, its feathers mostly blackish, the middle ones 

 grayish, barred. ( Thryomanes Sclater.) 



1002. T. bewickii (Audubon). Umber brown above; brownish 

 white below ; white streak above eye and on neck. L. 5^. W. '2\. 

 T. 2J. S. U. S., N. to Fenn. and Minn. (To Thos, Bewick.) 



524. TROGLODYTES Vieillot. (rpwyXoSur^s, cave-dweller.) 

 a. Tail more than f wing. (Troglodytes.) 



1003. T. aedon Vieillot. HOUSE WREN. Brown, brightest be- 

 hind ; rusty below ; everywhere above and behind barred or waved 

 with darker, distinctly so on wings, tail, and crissum. L. 5. W. 2. 

 T. 2. E. U. S., abundant; an active and familiar little bird. 

 (aqSwi', a singer.) 



aa. Tail very short, less than f wing. (Anorthura Rennie.) 



1004. T. hiemalis Vieillot. WINTER WREN. Deep reddish- 

 brown, waved with dusky ; wings, tail, and belly posteriorly sharply 

 barred. L. 4. W. If. T. l. N. Am., U. S. in winter, common 

 N. ; a fine singer. (Lat., wintry.) 



525. CISTOTHORTTS Cabanis. (KIOTO?, a shrub, rock-rose; 



Qovpos, leaping.) 

 a. Bill about half as long as head; no white superciliary line. (Cistothorus.) 



1005. C. stellaria (Lichtenstein). SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. 

 Dark brown, head and back darker ; entire upper parts with white 

 streaks ; lower parts buffy. L. 4. W. If. T. If. E. U. S., in 

 marshes ; rather rare. (Lat., starry.) 



aa. Bill slender, about as long as head; a conspicuous white superciliary line. 

 (Telmatodytes Cab.) 



1006. C. palustris (Wilson). LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. 



Clear brown ; back with a black patch containing white streaks ; 

 otherwise unstreaked above ; crown blackish ; lower parts brownish 

 white. L. 5. W. 2. T. If. U. S., abundant in reedy swamps. 



