WRENS 477 



Range. Florida s. of the Suwanee River, Gainesville, and Palatka. 

 Nesting date, San Mateo, Fla., Apl. 6. 



719. Thryomanes bewicki bewicki (Aud.). BEWICK'S WREN. Ads. 

 Above dark cinnamon-brown without bars or streaks; feathers of rump with 

 concealed, downy white spots; outer vane of primaries little if at all barred; 

 central tail-feathers grayish-brown, barred, at least on sides, with black; 

 outer ones black, tipped with grayish; the outer one or two with more or 

 less bars on the outer vane; a white or buffy line over eye, underparts gray- 

 ish white; flanks brownish. L., 5'00; W., 2'30; T., 2'10; B., '50. 



Range. E. U. S. Breeds chiefly in Carolinian fauna from se. Nebr., 

 n. Ills., s. Mich., and s. cen. Pa. s. to cen. Ark., n. Miss., cen. Ala., and along 

 the Alleghanian highlands to n. S. C.; winters from near n. limit of its 

 range s. to Gulf coast and Fla.; accidental in Ont., and N. H. 



Washington, rare and local T. V., Mch. 26- July- ; may winter, Nov. 

 24-Dec. 22. 



Nest, resembles that of T. aedon; location the same. Eggs, 4-6, white, 

 speckled with cinnamon-, rufous-brown, or lavender, evenly, or in a wreath 

 at the larger end, '66 x *50. Date, Buncombe Co., N. C., Apl. 14; Old 

 Orchard, Missouri, Apl. 20. 



"No bird more deserves the protection of man than Bewick's Wren. 

 He does not need man's encouragement, for he comes of his own accord 

 and installs himself as a member of the community wherever it suits his 

 taste. He is found about the cow-shed and barn along with the Pewee 

 and Barn Swallow; he investigates the pig-sty, then explores the garden 

 fence, and finally mounts to the roof and pours forth one of the sweetest 

 songs that ever was heard. Not . . . like the House Wren's merry 

 roundelay, but a fine, clear, bold song, uttered as the singer sits with 

 head thrown back and long tail pendent a song which may be heard a 

 quarter of a mile or more, and in comparison with which the faint 

 chant of the Song Sparrow sinks into insignificance. The ordinary 

 note is a soft, low plit, uttered as the bird hops about, its long tail 

 carried erect or even leaning forward, and jerked to one side at short 

 intervals. In its movements it is altogether more deliberate than either 

 T. ludovicianus or T. aedon, but nothing can excel it in quickness when 

 it is pursued" (Ridgway). 



721. Troglodytes aedon aedon (VieilL). HOUSE WREN. Ads. Above 

 cinnamon olive-brown, more rufous on the rump and tail; back generally with 

 indistinct bars; feathers of the rump with concealed, downy white spots; 

 wings and tail finely barred; below grayish white, flanks rusty, sides and 

 flanks usually, breast rarely, under tail-coverts always barred with blackish. 

 L., 5-00; W., 1-97; T., 1'71; B., '50. 



Range. E. N. Am. Breeds chiefly in Transition and Upper Austral 

 zones from e. Wise., Mich., cen. Ont., s. Que., and N. B. s. to Ky. and 

 Va.; winters in e. Tex. and Tamaulipas, and in the S. Atlantic and Gulf 

 States. 



Washington, common S. R., Apl. 13-Oct. 11. Ossining, common S. R., 

 Apl. 23-Oct. 14. Cambridge, formerly abundant S. R., Apl. 28-Sept. 25; 

 now rare and local. N. Ohio, common S. R., Apl. 17-Oct. 5. Glen Ellyn, 

 S. R. in isolated pairs; Apl. 26-Oct. 13. SE. Minn., common S. R., Apl. 27- 

 Sept. 18. 



Nest, of twigs lined with grasses, feathers, etc., generally filling the hole 

 in a tree, bird-box, crevice, etc., in which it is placed. Eggs, 6-8, vinaceous, 

 uniform, or minutely speckled, with generally a wreath of a deeper shade 



