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in. 'ii rod above; lower parts thickly spotted ; bill nearly straight, 

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

 species of which occur in the S. W. L. 11. W. 4. T. f>^. B. 1. 

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

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



523. THRYOTHORUS Yieillot. (Bpvov, reed ; 6oipos, leaping.) 



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

 (Thryotkorus.) 



1001. T. ludovicianus ((imelin). Carolina Wren. Mock- 

 in<; Wren. Clear reddish brown, brightest on rump ; pale buffy 

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

 T. 2£. E. U. S., southerly, N. to Penn ; a remarkable singer. 

 (Lat., of Louisiana.) 



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

 grayish, barred. ( Thryomnnes Selater.) 



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

 white below: white streak above eve and on neck. L. b\. W. 21. 

 T. -2\. S. U. S.. N. to Penn. and Minn. (To Thos. Bewick.) 



524. TROGLODYTES Yieillot. (rpatyXobvTTjs, cave-dweller.) 

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



1003. T. aedon Yieillot. 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. 

 (dr]8d)v. a singer.) 



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



1004. T. hiemalis Yieillot. Winter Wren. Deep reddish- 

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

 barrel 1. L. 4. W. 1§. T. 1^. N. Am., U. S. in winter, common 

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



525. CISTOTHORUS Cabanis. (kio-tos, a shrub, rock-rose; 



Oovpos, leaping.) 

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



1005. C. stellaris (Lichtenstein). Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

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



aks; lower parts buffy. L. 41. W. If. T. If. E. U. S., in 

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



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

 (TelmatodyU s 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. 1.. ."-. W. 2. T. If. I'. S., abundant in reedy swamps. 



