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Thryothorus bewickii, vm. bewickii, Uonap. 



BEWICK'S WBEV; LOKO-TAILEO HOUSE WHEN. 



Trn(jtoihi/r.t hciric/.ii, Aril. Oni. IHoj,'. I, l.s;!l, '."li, 1>1. xviii. — 111. lliid.s Am. II, 1841, 120, 

 pi. rxviii. riii-itiilhiiriin hviriekii, Wfsw. List, 18;{8. — Haiisd, IJirils N. Am. 1858, 

 363. Tfhiiiildiliilis l,i:irick-ii, ('All. Mus. Hfiii. I, ISfiO, 78. Thrijolhortis bewickii, viir. 

 harii-lii, It.MiMi, licv. Am. 15. IStJJ, 12ti. 



Sr'. CiiAii. Aliovc (l:uk riilims-lpiowii ; niiiii) miil iiiiililU^ luil-Conthers soinctiiiio.s a littlo 

 liuli-r, anil very .>ili<rlitly liiiircd witli jri-ay, and toffi'tlici' with llio cxpiwed surface of soo 

 ciiidai-ii',< dislinclly liani'd wilii dusky. HiMiciitli .soiled ))hnnlpi'oii.s-\vliitisli ; llank.s limwn. 

 Crissuni l.andod; ^'lound-color nf (mills and tail-fcatlicis lirownisli-black. Lungtli, ").")(): 

 winjr, 2.2'): tail. 2.50. LciiKtli lioin nostril, 3i>; alon;.' gape, 7(». 



IIau. Eastorn Province of I'nitcd States. 



Habits. This interest iii"- si)iHit's of Wren was first iiiot with by Aiuhibou 

 in l^niisiiuiii. A uunilier of imliviihuils were observed at the time, but noth- 

 inji; of its history wtis i<iiowu for sevenil years iifterwanl. In shape, color, 

 and liabits it most resembled the t.'arolinii Wren, but was less rapid in move- 

 ment, and not so lively. Fourteen years later l)r. Baclinian ii^ain met witli 

 birds of this speeii's, in l.S;!.'., tit the Salt Sul])hur Sjirings of Mryinia. Tiiey 

 comi)rised a family of two jitirents and ti^■ i young, nearly full grown. Their 

 notes were like tho.se of the Winter Wren, neither louder nor more connected. 

 They seemed of restless htiliit, eree])ing actively among fences, stumps, and 

 logs. One a.scendeil an niik, netirly to the toj), in the manner of a Creeper. 

 This species proved to be i|uite common in that loctdity, and to be the 

 only Wren alauidant timoiig the mountains. Dr. (Jibl)s detected it noar 

 Columbia, S. (A, and Dr. Trudeau afterwards found it quice common in 

 Louisiana. 



It was first observed breeding by I'rofessor Baird in ('arlisle, Penn., 

 in 1844. In all respects the nests and their location corresponded with 

 these of the common Wren. I»r. Woodhouse found it very abundant in the 

 Indian Territory, tind describes its habits tis similar to tliose of other Wrens. 

 Lieutenant (Joucli observed tiiis Wren at Santa Itosalio in Mexico, early in 

 March. It was .seeking its food among the low jjrickly- pears. He was 

 informed that they dejjosited their eggs wherever they could do .so without 

 making much of a nest, inside the cal)ins under tlie rafters, but in New 

 Leon he found one of its nests (juite elaborately constructed in a tliatclied 

 roof. He descril)es the song as tpiite varied, and one of the sweetest tiiat 

 he heard in that country. 



The late Dr. (ierliardt of Viirnell's Station, Ga., met with this species 

 among the mountainous i)ortions of Northern Georgia, where it generally 

 nested in holes in stumps. In one instance the nest was constructed five 

 inches in lengtii, and lour in diameter, with a cavity two inches in depth, and 

 the walls of great pro])ortioniite tliickness, nuule externally of coars<, roots, 

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