208 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



and slightly mottled below ; lower tail- coverts 

 rusty. 



230. Brown Thrasher. 



Length about 11 inches, tail about 5J inches 

 long. Above, bright tawny-brown, wing-coverts 

 tipped with white ; bill curved, and about 1 inch 

 long ; lower parts buffy-white, spotted and streaked 

 with brownish. 



231. House Wren. 



Length about 4J inches, tail about If inches 

 long. Above, brown, barred on wings and tail 

 with darker colour ; below, whitish, tinged with 

 grayish-brown, and slightly barred with darker 

 colour. 



232. 'Winter Wren. 



Length about 3J inches, tail about 1J inches 

 long. Above, dark -brown, barred with dusky ; 

 below, brownish, with lower parts barred with 

 blackish and whitish. 



233. Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



Length about 4J inches, tail about 2J inches 

 long, and graduated. Above, brown, with back 

 streaked with black and white ; below, whitish. 



234. Brown Creeper. 



Length about 5 inches, tail about 2J inches long, 



