DESCRIPTIVE LIST 



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Genus Thryothorus (Vieill.) 

 318. Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus (Lath.}. CAROLINA WREN. 



Description. Above bright rufous or rufous-brown without bars or streaks; feathers of rump with 

 concealed downy white spots; a long, conspicuous whitish or buffy line over eye; wings and tail 

 rufous-brown, finely barred with black; underparts ochraceous-buff or cream-buff, whiter on 

 the throat; flanks sometimes with a few blackish bars. Worn breeding plumage is dingier above 

 and whiter below. The largest of our wrens. L., 5.50; W., 2.30; T., 2.00; B., .60. (Chap., 

 Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Eastern United States. 



Range in North Carolina. The whole State at all seasons of the year. 



Fia. 256. CAROLINA WEEN. 



The Carolina Wren is one of our best known birds at all seasons in all parts of 

 the State. Ever restless, and constantly shifting its position while being observed, 

 it is a bird of decidedly striking personality. It is found along streams, in shady 

 woodlands, and in the neighborhood of houses, where it is the common "House 

 Wren" of the State, excepts in parts of the mountain region, where it shares that 

 distinction with the Bewick's Wren. It is the largest of the North Carolina wrens. 



The nest is built in a bank or in almost any convenient nook about buildings. 

 Pearson has found them situated in the pocket of an old overcoat left hanging on 



