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XOHTII AMERICAN BIKDS. 



HuBOE.vus THRYOTHORUS, Vikiu,. 



Thryothorus ludovicianus, var. ludovicianus, Bonap. 



GREAT CABOLIKA WBEN. 



Sylvia liiilovicidnii. Lath. Iml Oin II iron r. la t . ^i t , .... 



\..z. 1,H.M, J5; also ol BoNArAiMK. An.n.oN, an.l I'u.nck Max. Thryothorus In- 

 ,^>rn-.u.., l„s.U.i. ,83«, etc. - Ba,h„, ]«..« N. Am. 18.^8. 361 /rcv, 

 7,.,,/W,,,s- .n;n..l>...ce„., V,k„.u Oi.s. A.„. S.-i.t. II, 1807. 55. pi. cviii. (Ortainlv 



? o 'p '"; '''•''• ■'"• ""• "• ^'"•."''''""•''•' ''•'""•"'-■ V.KM.,.. Nouv. Diet. XXXIV 

 1*19, jO. Jhryot/wnisloinsmiia; Lk.s.sox. Kov. Zoiil. 1840 ^yo 

 Ad.l,do,ml ligures: Auu. 0,„. I3io.. I, 1831, pi. Ixxvii. _ I.! '£a. Am. II, 1841. pi. 



Sr. Ctau. Exposed portion of tl.o l.ill ..hortov ti.an the hoad. Abov. n.,l,li.l>-l,mwn 



Ih.oatuliti.l.; rest of „„,lor parts pale yellow-rusty, .larkest towar-ls the under tail 

 covers wh,eh are eonspienously l.arred with blaek. Exposed surface of the wh'sa d 



(eathe s an.l qu.lls shown,g series of alternating whitish and dusky spots L^s fle 

 colored. Length, Cinches; win- 2.(i0; tail, 2.45. i^'.^.s tlesli- 



IIab. Eastern Province of L'nit^-d States, from New York southward to the Gulf. 



Habits. The Great Carolina or Mocking Wren is found in all the South- 

 eas ern and Southern States from Floritla to Maryland, and from the Atlantic 

 to vatisas an,l the \ alley of the IJio (irande. It is not common about Wash- 

 inston, but IS much more abundant in the Southern State... Occasionally it 

 ._ .^ -,_. - I'as been found as far north as Philadelphia, 



and in one or two instaaces near New York,' 

 where JMr. Lawrence has twice seen it, and 

 where on one occasif)n it appeai-ed to be breed- 

 ing. Dr. Woodhouse found it very abundant 

 througliout Texas and the Indian Territory. 

 It is also abundant, and resident, in Southern 

 Illinois, as far north as latitude 38° 20' 20". 

 Tiie habits and movements of this species, 

 as described by those who have had the 

 best oi)portunities for observing it, corre- 

 spond with those of the whole family of 

 AVrens. Its Hight is usually only in short 

 distances, and is accompanied with short Hap- 

 ., , , J , , rings of the wings, and violent jerkings of 



the body and tlie tad. The latter is usually kept erect. It moves with 

 quick jerks, and with sharp, raj.id notes uttered as if in anger. It is in si-dit 

 one tnoment and out the next, passes in at one place and out at another 



Thrynthorvs hfwickii. 



