DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 1573 



1. BROWN THRASHER, T. RUFUM. 11.50; bright red- 

 l>rown above ; wing bands and beneath, bufTy-white ; streaked 

 on sides of neck, breast, and sides, with brown, fig. 363. 

 Breeds throughout eastern IT. S. from the Carolinas south- 

 ward ; south in Oct. ; north in April and May. Frequents dry 

 thickets; song, loud and varied, each note being repeated 

 once or twice. When singing is usually perched in some 

 elevated situation. 



R. WREXS. Troglodytidae. 



Small birds with slender bills ; brown above, white below ; 

 usually banded on wings or tail ; often keep tail erect. 

 a. Mocking Wrens. Thryothorus. 



Rather large wrens with quite long curved bills and grad- 

 uated tails. Nests, in cavities of logs, stumps, etc. 



1. CAROLINA WREN, T. LUDOVICIANUS. 5.25;rusty- 

 l>rown above; line from bill Fig. 364. 



over eye down neck, buffy- 

 Avhite; narrow line over this, 

 olack; buffy beneath, nearly 

 ^white on throat ; no bands on 

 flanks, fig. 364. Breeds from 

 northern Fla. north to south- 

 ern N. E. rarely to Mass., west 

 to middle Kan. ; winters from 

 the Carolinas southward. Fre- 

 quents low thickets. Song, loud, 

 clear and varied; often mimics other birds. 



1*. FLORIDA WREN, T. L. MIAMENSIS. Differs from 

 1 in being larger and much darker; rich chestnut above, 

 tawny-ochraceous below, excepting throat. Peninsula of Fla! 

 b. L,Qngvtailed Wrens. TLryomanes. 



Bill, slender; wings and tail, rather long; in our species, 

 bandings and tippings on tail. 



CC, K, a, 1. 



