Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 





721. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon} . L. 4.7; T. 

 1.7. Ads. Above cinnamon brown, sometimes ob- 

 scurely barred; tail the same, all the feathers barred; 

 below grayish with a brownish wash, lower belly and 

 flanks usually more or less barred. Notes. Call, a 

 scolding krrring; song, a bubbling, rippling, irrepress- 

 ible little melody. 



Range. Eastern North America; breeds north to Maine, Montreal, 

 and Manitoba; winters from South Carolina and the Lower Missis- 

 sippi Valley southward into Mexico. 



72 I a. Parkman Wren ( T. a. parkmanii] . Similar 

 to No. 721, but less cinnamon above; intermediate in 

 color betweej? No. 721 and No. 72 ib. 



Range. Pacific coast; breeds from southern California north to 

 British Columbia; winters from southern California southward. 



72 I b. Western House Wren (T. a. atfecus). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 721, but much grayer above and paler be- 

 low; back more frequently barred. 



Range. Western United States from the Sierra Nevada east to the 

 Mississippi Valley; winters south into Lower California and Mexico. 



722. Winter Wren (Olbiorchilus hiemalis). L. 4; 

 T. 1.2. Ads. Above cinnamon, much brighter than 

 in No. 721; below pale cinnamon, sides and belly 

 heavily barred with blackish. Notes. Call, chimp- 

 chimp, resembling call of Song Sparrow; song, tink- 

 ling, rippling, full of trills, runs and grace notes. 

 (Bailey.) 



Range. Eastern North America; breeds from northern New Eng- 



land and northern New York northward, and southward along the A'- 

 leghanies to North Carolina; winters from Massachusetts and Illinois 

 to Florida. 



722a. Western Winter Wren (O. h. pacificus] 

 Similar to No. 722, but much deeper colored both 

 above and below, and more heavily barred. 



Range. Breeds on the Pacific coast from southern California north 

 to Alaska; east to Idaho; winters south into Mexico. 



722b. Kadiak Winter Wren (O. h. helleri). Slight- 

 ly larger and paler than No. 7223. (Osgood.) 



Range. Kadiak Island, Alaska, 



723. Alaskan Wren {Olbiorchilus alascensis}. Re- 

 sembling No. 7223, but paler and larger, W. 2.1, B. .6 



Range Breeds on Kadiak Island, Alaska; winter range unknown. 



723.1. Aleutian Wren (Olbiorchilus meligerus] . Sim- 

 ilar to No. 723, but darker, less reddish; rump and up- 

 per tail-coverts more evidently barred; bars on belly 

 heavier. (Oberholser.) 



Range. "Westernmost part of the Aleutian group, Alaska. (Ober- 



724. Short-billed Marsh Wren (Cistotborus stel- 

 laris}. L. 4; T. 1.4; B. .4. Ads. Crown and back 

 streaked with whitish; breast-band, sides and under 

 tail-coverts rusty; wing-coverts tipped with whitish. 

 Notes. Call, like sound produced by striking two 

 pebbles together; song, cba^chap -chap-chap, chap-chap* 

 cbapp-p-rrr. (Seton.) (See next page.) 



Range. Eastern North America, ranging west to Utah; breeds 

 from the Gulf States north to Massachusetts and Manitoba; winters 

 from the Gulf States southward. 



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