TAWNY-BELLIED WREN 



Male. Above plain chestnut brown; top 

 of head and forehead darker, tail black barred 

 with light brown; wings indistinctly barred with 

 dusky; a line of white streaks above eye; sides 

 of face, excepting cheeks, dusky; cheeks, chin, 

 throat and chest very pure white, contrasting 

 with the breast and rest of under parts, which 

 are very abruptly black or dusky gray, the latter 

 narrowly barred with whitish. Bill black, 

 bluish gray below. 



Female. Brownish gray replaces the black 

 below. 



Young. Similar to female. 



I saw and heard this wren in the swampy 

 jungle near Fort Sherman in the spring of 1924, 

 and at Barro Colorado Island, April 3, 1926. It 

 has surprisingly loud, oriole-like whistles. It is 

 difficult to believe that so small a bird could 

 emit such a volume of sound. Its black breast 

 contrasting with the pure white throat and 

 chest make it easy to recognize, even if its notes 

 are not heard. 



7. Pheugopedius hyperythrus 

 (Salvin and Godman) 

 Tawny-bellied Wren 



Sexes alike. Length 124 mm. (4.90 in.); 

 tail 48 mm. (2.00 in.). Above brown, the 

 forehead and crown deep russet; tail grayish 

 brown broadly barred with black; line of black 

 above line of white over eye; cheeks, chin, and 

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