THRASH EKS, VVRKNS, B:TC. 



381 



■rformanoe I " 

 f spontaneity 

 than to the 



\ WuKN. (Sco 

 ump witli con- 

 over the eye ; 

 r purtw ocliru- 

 ues with u few 



Bs to southern 

 except ut the 



r grasses, long 

 out Ijuiklings, 

 is cinnamon-, 

 out the larger 



which prove 



:s bird His 



ihows no dis- 



rowths near 



n the woods 



ar or disap- 



hooses. 



lies in him 



he is never 



is on this 



)re ns, bob- 



exfiressivo 



second at a 



ysical ont- 

 vements by 

 letailie rat- 

 ossesses an 

 ing Wren, 

 to l)orrow 

 variety of 

 tlie Tufted 

 1 the notes 

 H'hee-ndel, 



718a. T. L miamensifl Ii!'l(ju\ Flokida Wkkn.— Similar to the 

 preceding. l)Ut larger; ujiper parts darker; under parts more deeply colored. 

 \V., 2-4<i; T., 2- lit; H., TO. 



liaiiije. — Florida, from Pasco and Brevard Counties southward. 



719. Thryothoiois bewickii {Au,'.). Bkwi 



CK S 



W 



UK.V. 



Ad.- 



I'pper i>arts dark cinnamon-brown ; feathers of the rump with conceaUd, 

 ilowny white spots; prhiiarlts not barrtd ,' central tail-feathers barred ; outer 

 ones black, tipped with grayish ; a white line over the eye ; under parts 

 grayish white; flanks brownish. L., oOO; \V.. '1-M; T., "i-lO; B., -j^O. 



Jidiige. — " Eastern United States, rare and U>cal east of Alleghanies and 

 north of 40°; west to edge of Great IMains; wintei-s in more southern dis- 

 tricts (Georgia to eiustern Texas) " (Ridgw.). 



Washington, rare T. V., may winter, Apl. 4 to ii'J; Nov. 24 to Dee. '22. 



Ned, resembles that of T. wdon ; location the same. AV/;/.«, four to six, 

 wliitc, speckled w ith cinnamon-, rutbus-brown, or lavender, evenly, or in a 

 wreath at the larger end, HIG x "50. 



'•No l)ird more deserves the protection of man than Bewick's 

 Wren. He does not need man's encouragement, for he conies of his 

 own accord and installs himself as a member of the community wlier- 

 ever it suits his taste. He is found about the cow-shed and barn 

 akmg with the Pewee and Barn Swallow; lie investigates the pig-sty, 

 then explores the garden fence, and finally mounts to the roof and 

 pours forth one of the sweetest f^^oiigs that ever was heard. Not . . . 

 like the House Wren's merry roundelay, but a fine, clear, bold song, 

 uttered as the singer sits with head thrown back and long tail pend- 

 ent — a song which may be lieard a quarter of a mile or more, and in 

 com[)arison with which the faint chant of the Song Sparrow sinks 

 into insignificance. The ordinary note is a soft, low plit, uttered as 

 the bird hops about, its long tail carried erect or even leaning for- 

 ward, and jerked to one side at short intervals. In its movements it 

 is altogether more deliberate than eith*^. T. ludovicianus or T. aedon^ 

 but nothing can excel it in quickness •.. on it is pursued" (Bidgway). 



721. Troglodytes aedon VUiU. IIovse When. Jt/.— Upper 

 parts cinnamon olive-brown, more rufous on the rump and tail ; back gener- 

 ally with indistinct bars; feathers of the nimp with concealed, ilmrui/ white 

 spots; wings and tail tincly barred ; under parts whitish, sides or thinks with 

 numerous blackish bars. L., 500; W., 1-97 ; T., I'Yl ; B., -50. 



Ji((i>tjf. — Easteru North America; breeds as far north as Manitoba, Mont- 

 real, and Maine; and winters from South Carolina southward. 



Washington, common S. R., Apl. 15 tu Sept. Sing Sing, common S. R., 

 Apl. 23 to Oct. 14. Cambridge, locally conmion S. R., .May 1 to Sept. 25. 



j\ent, of twigs lined with grasses, generally filling the hole in a tree, bird- 

 box, crevice, etc., in which it is placed. E(/(ji^, six to eight, vinaceous, uni- 

 form, or minutely speckled, with generally a wreath of a deeper shade at the 

 larger end, "05 x "ol. 



