CAROLINA WREN. 



718. Thryothorus ludovicianus. 5Y 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 Illinois; resident. 718a. Florida 

 Wren (miariiensis) is found in southern Florida. 718b. 

 Lomita Wren ( lomitensis ) , found in southern Texas. 



