THE WRENS AND CATBIRDS 



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of Wrens occupy the United States, from ocean to ocean, the 

 Pacific species, west of the Rockies, being the Tide Wren. 



HOUSE WREN. 



The Brown Thrasher. 1 — Vocally this bird is practically 

 the northern understudy of the mockingbird. When, after 

 a warm spring shower and a sudden burst of sunshine, an 

 able-bodied Brown Thrasher perches on the lip-lop of a red- 

 haw bush, and for fifteen minutes pours forth a steady stream 



1 Har-po-rhyn'chu.s ru'flis. Length, 11.2.3 inches. 



