Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



719. Bewick Wren (Tbryomanes bewickii). L. 5; 

 W. 2.2, T. 2.1. Ads. Above rich, dark cinnamon- 

 brown, tail grayer; below grayish white; all but middle 

 pair of tail-feathers black, outer ones barred, others 

 tipped with grayish. Notes. Call, "a soft, low, />/*'/;" 

 song, strongly suggesting that of Song Sparrow. 



Range. Mississippi Valley west to the Plains, north to Lat. 40, 

 east to Alleghanies and locally to Atlantic States from southern New 

 Jersey to Georgia. 



7 I 9a. Vigors Wren ( 7*. b. spilurus] . Similar to No. 

 719, but smaller, W. 2; upperparts less cinnamon or 

 reddish. 



Range. California, west of Sierra Nevada and south to Santa 

 Cruz Island. (Bailey.) 



7l9b. Baird Wren ( T. b. leucogaster} . Similar to 

 No. 7 IQC, but upperparts grayer. 



Range. "Western Texas to southeastern California, and from 

 southern Nevada. Utah, and Colorado south over tablelands of Mex- 

 ico to Zacatecas." (Bailey.) 



7l9c. Texas Bewick Wren (T. b. cryptus). Simi- 

 lar to No. 719, but graver, brown of upperparts not so 

 rich; slightly larger, W. 2.3. 



Range. "Texas, except the extreme western corner, states of Nuevo 

 Leon and Tamaulipas, in Mexico, with probably Kansas, Indian Ter- 

 ritory and Oklahoma; migratory north of Texas." (Oberholser.) 



7 I 9d. Southwest Bewick Wren (7*. b. charienturus). 

 Similar to No. 7i9b but flanks and upper surface dark- 

 er, eye-stripe rather broader, under tail-coverts more 

 heavily barred, wing shorter, 2. (Oberholser.) 



Range. Coast region of southern California, north to about Pasa- 

 dena, south to Lat. 28, Lower California, Santa Catalina Island; 

 resident. (Oberholser.) 



729e. Northwest Bewick Wren (7. b. calophonus). 

 Similar to No. 7193, but bill larger, upper surface 

 usually rather deeper and richer brown, flanks some- 

 what more rufescent; W. 2.1; B..6. (Oberholser.) 



Range. Pacific slope from Oregon north to southern Vancouver 

 Island, valley of the Fraser River, and slightly farther along the 

 mainland coast; probably resident. (Oberholser.) 



719.1. San Clemente Wren ( Thryomanes leucophrys} 

 Similar to No. 7i9d, but flanks and upperparts rather 

 grayer and paler, bill longer, under tail-coverts less 

 heavily barred. (Oberholser.) 



Range. San Clemente Island, California. 



720. Guadalupe Wren (Thryomanes brevtcauda ). 

 L. 4.5; W. 1.9. Ads. Resembling No. 7193, but 

 rump with few or no concealed white spots; tail dull 

 grayish brown, narrowly and indistinctly barred with 

 dusky, two or three outer feathers with brownish gray 

 tips. (Ridgw.) 



Range. Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



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