TlfOCJl.ODVTID.K — TIIK \VKi:XS. I47 



the size of tlic cavity in wliicli tlu; nest is jjlaccd. Its inatoriiils are usually 

 sticks, straws, coarse featlicrs, tine cliijjs, {'.U\, exteiiorly t'astene<l tiv^ether 

 with masses of s]U(U'r's-wel»s, tiie lininn' heinii' of tiner and more ilownv mate- 

 rials, nenerally soft spider's-welts, tow, and especially the downy feathers of 

 harnvar<l fowls. 



Thryothorus bewickii, var. leucogaster, (Umlv. 



Ti'oijhnhif»:s leiiciiijiisfrd, Ccti.n, 1'. Z. S. 1S:!(>, 8I> (TiiiiiaiilipusK - - Box. Notes Dclattrc, 

 lvS')4, 4:5. ' T]iriit>fhi>r)is hnrlri;;^ ScLATKi:, V. A. S. hS.'.U, :J72 (Oaxaca). Thriiiilh>>n>s 

 bi'i-ir/.-ii, v;ir. fi iinK/iisf, ,; liAii:!*, iJrv. Am. 15. rJ7. 



8p. Chaij. ..1<'Vi* r.: v-i>i-(>\vii : rinii|» ami iiiiiliilc tail-t'catht-is l>r(>\viiisli-ash. llu' liti- 

 luci' ncaily |>ur«* . 'viiK p, i]t|ii(tialilt' t>ais: liars ou st'coiidarJi's <)l)sol«'t^'. Briifatli. 



iiK-lutlinjjf iiisiijr of v n. jUisi' i'liitc, with iittlf or m* lnowiii.-li (»ii the .-ides. Cris^uni 

 I'aiHiod; <rrouinl-f()I .. M'ti: ■ ■. "Is and tail-U'atlicrs u'iayisli-l>rtt\vii. Size <>l" var. /h'"-/'/.-//'. 



IIab. Soiitlicrn Itorilfi's df I'liitftl Statt-s. iiii<» Mt.'.\ir<». 



Habits. Xotliinu' is on record of the hahits of tiiis \ariety as «listin- 

 •^uislied from var. hi iruLH. 



Thryothorus bewickii, \ar spilurus, Vkiors 



Tro(jJinhifrx ^pilnriis, Vli;i»i:s, Zoi.]. Hn'.-licyV Voyaijc, 1S:',0. IS, pi. iv. fi;,'. 1 (('alitoriiiiO. 

 y 'iitf/iiinis sjiihiri's, ( "iiui'Ki:, Orn. ("al. I, 187<>, ♦■••.♦. Trdiihxhifcxhrtrirkii, Ni"Avr.r.ia:Y, 

 1. U. 1{. IJ.-pt. VI, IV, 1>.')7, 80. — Cuoi'Ki; c<c Si. Kii.v, il-. XII, n, 18H0, liMi. 77////- 

 ofJionis bill- ilk a, Sci.ATi.i:, (':ital. Jstil, 'I'l, nt». 141 (in [>art). T/tr;/othonis l/tirukci, 

 var. sju'laru^, Wxinu, Ifcv. ri(>. 



Sp. Char. Siiniljir to heirirlii in color, the l)ill con.sideraMy lonu'er. Lcnirth from nos- 

 tril, .50, ^apo, .SI, instead ot" ..)!> and .7<>. 

 IIab. Pari tic slope of l"niti'(l States. 



YounLj hirds from all the localities ditler from adults merely in having the 

 feathers of th* throat a^. In-east very narrowly and inconsi)icuously edj4ed 

 with Mackisii. 



H.viJiTs. This varit'ty of l>ewick's Wren is exclusively an inhabitant of 

 the Western ci»ast. According to Dr. ('oo]>er, they ahound throuuhout the 

 wooded |»arts of California and northward, frequenting the densest forests 

 as well as the open i^roves. During the winter they wt»re found in the vicin- 

 ity of Fort ]\Iojave, hut left in April, j)rohahly for the mountains. They also 

 winter throuLrhont the mild retiions towards the coast (s far north as Puiict 

 Sound. They are knt»wn as Mockinix-WnMis, thout^h Dr. Cooper thinks they 

 do not n>ally imitate other hirds, hut ratlier have a ureat variety of their own 

 notes, some of which n*semhle thos_ of otiier hirds and are well calculated 

 to deceive one unaccustomed to th(Mn. Tie was often led to search in vain 

 for some new form, which he tlaaiiiht he Iniird singing, only to tinil it to be 



