DESCRIPTIVE LIST 



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FIG. 257. BEWICK'S WREN. 



Genus Troglodytes (Vieill.) 

 320. Troglodytes sedon aedon (Vieill.). HOUSE WREN. 



Description. 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. (Chap., Birds 

 of E. N. A.) 



Range. Eastern North America, nesting from Virginia northward; wintering in Southern 

 States. 



Range in North Carolina. Spring and fall transient only. 



The House Wren of the North is known in our State only as a rare transient, 

 having been noted from April 11 to May 4 in spring, and from September 24 to 

 October 16 in fall (1885-1908). So far, it has been recorded only from Hyde, 

 Wake, Orange, and Buncombe counties. 



The nesting habits are said to be similar to those of the two preceding species. 

 It may reasonably be expected to breed in portions of the mountain region, but no 

 one has yet recorded it from any part of the State in summer. Like most of the 

 family, it is a pleasing songster. 



