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REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



SUBFAMILY TROGLODYTIN^E. WRENS. 

 168. GENUS THRYOTHORUS VIEILLOT. 



a 1 . Tail not longer than wings, its feathers all brown with fine black bars. 



Subgenus THRYOTHORUS. T. ludovicianus (Lath.). 298 



a 2 . Tail longer than wings, its feathers mostly blackish, the middle one grayish, 

 barred. Subgenus THRYOMANES Sclater. T. bewickii (And.). 299 



Carolina AVren. 

 Subgenus THRYOTHORUS. 



*298. (718). Thryothorus ludovicianus (LATH.). 



Carolina Wren. 

 Synonyms, GREAT CAROLINA WREN, MOCKING WREN, LARGE WOOD WREN. 



Exposed portion of the bill shorter than the head. Above, reddish- 

 brown, most vivid on the rump; a whitish streak over the eve, bor- 

 dered above with dark brown; throat, whitish; rest of under parts, 

 pale yellow-rusty, darkest toward the under tail-coverts, which are 

 conspicuously barred with black; exposed surface of wings and tail 

 (including the upper coverts), barred throughout with brown, the 

 outer edges of tail feathers and quills showing series of alternating 

 whitish and dusky spots; legs, flesh-colored. (B. B. and R.) 



Length, 5.25-6.00; wing, 2.18-2.50; tail, 1.80-2.35. 



RANGE. Northeastern Mexico and United States east of Plains; 

 north to Nebraska, southern Michigan, southern Ontario and Con- 

 necticut. Resident throughout its range. 



