WINTER WEEN 197 



3'. Under parts not shining blue-black. 

 4. Under parts pure white. 



p. 194. WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW. 



4'. Under parts washed with brownish, 



rump light p. 52. EAVE SWALLOW. 



2'. Back without metallic lustre. 

 5. Dark band across breast . p. 54. BANK SWALLOW. 



5'. No distinct baud across breast. 



p. 195. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. 



Winter Wren : Troglodytes hiemalis. 



Upper parts reddish brown, finely barred ; under parts washed 

 with brownish. Tail very short, carried over back. Length, 

 about 4 inches. 



GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. Eastern North America ; breeds 

 from the northern states northward, and southward along 1 the 

 higher Alleghanies to North Carolina ; winters from Massa- 

 chusetts and Illinois to Florida. 



During the migrations this mite of a Wren may 

 be met almost anywhere. Sometimes it surprises 

 you by bobbing up from a pile of boards with 

 its bit of a tail cocked over its back; again it 

 peers out from a goldenrod thicket, or faces 



