CAROLINA WREN. 



718. Thryothorus ludovicianus. S l /2 inches. 



Above rusty brown and below washed with the 

 same, the throat and line over the eye being white. 



Like all the . Wrens, this one commonly sits or flits 

 about in the brush, with the tail erect over the body; 

 only when singing is it held downward. Their flight 

 is usually only for a short distance, accomplished by 

 rapid wing beats and with a jerking motion of the 

 tail. 



Song. Loud and tinkling, and utterly impossible 

 to describe. 



Nest. In brush heaps, holes in trees, bird boxes 

 or bushes; made of weeds, grass and any trash that 

 they may pick up; eggs five to seven in number, 

 white, specked with reddish brown (.74 x 60). 



Range. Eastern U. S. breeding from the Gulf 

 north to Connecticut and i Illinois; resident. 718a. 

 Florida Wren (miamensis) is found in southern 

 Florida. 718b. Lomita Wren (lomitensis) found in 

 southern Texas. 



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