y:i BIHDS OF IUjLNOIB. 



Subgenus Thryomanes Sclater. 

 Ttiryothorus bewickii (AuJ.) 



BEWICK'S WREN. 



Popular synonyms.— Long-tailed House Wren: Long-tailed Wren. 

 Troglodytes bewickii AuD. Orn. Blog. i, 1831. %. pi. 18; Synop. lSi9, 74; B. Am. 11,1841. 



120, pi. 118.-NUTT. Man. i, 1832. 431: 2d ed. i. 1840. 489. 

 Thi-yolhorus beicickii Baikd, B. N. Am, l.SDS, 3K! Crhriolhorus); Cat. N. Am. B. 1859. 

 No. 26?; Ueview, 1864. 126.— CouEs. Key. 1872, 86; Clieek List, 18TJ, No. 48: 2d ed. 188'. 

 No. 71; B. N. W. 1874, 31; B. Coi. Val. 1878, 169.— B. B. &. R. Hist. N. Am. B. 1, 1874, 

 145, pi. 9. tig. 3. 

 Tlu-yomanes betnicki Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 18SI, No. 61. 



Hab. Eastern United States, cliit-fly west of tlie Alieglianies. In the interior, north to 

 Minnesota: eastward, north to New Jersey. Very irregularly distributed, being apparently 

 unlinown in many localities within the limits of its general range. Not recorded from 

 most portions of the Atlantic coast. Migratory in the northern parts of its range. 



"8p. Chab. Above darlc rufous-brown; rump and middle tail-feathers sometimes a 

 little paler, and very slightly tinged with gray, and together with the exposed surface of 

 secondaries distinctly barred with dusky. Beneath soiled plumbeous-whitish; flanks 

 brown. Crissum banded; ground color of aiiills and tail feathers brownish black. 

 Length. 5.50: wing. 2.25; tail, 2.50. Length from nostril. 39; along gape, 70."* [Hist. N. 

 Am. II.) 



In mo.st parts of southern Illinois, this is the "House Wren" par 

 excellence; and even in localities where the true House Wren 

 {Troglodytes aedon) occurs, Bewick's Wren is far the more numerous 

 of the two. In Wabash county, the writer has never seen nor even 

 heard a T. aedon,- and in Eichland county, where the latter was not 

 uncommon T. hewkkii was extremely abundant, nesting in all sorts 

 of places about barns, stables and other buildings, while the former 

 was chiefly if not entirely confined to the orchards, where it nested 

 in hollow apple-trees. This was almost invariably the case where 

 both species were found upon the same premises. 



No bird more deserves the protection of man than Bewick's Wren. 

 He does not need man's encouragement, for he comes of his own 

 accord and installs himself as a member of the community, 

 wherever it suits his taste. He is found about the cow-shed 

 and bam along with the Pewee and Barn Swallow; he investi- 

 gates the pig-sty ; then explores the garden fence, and finally mounts 

 to the roof and pours forth one of the sweetest songs that ever was 



•Eight adults measure as follows: Wing, 2.05-2.25; tail. 2.10-2.10; oulmen, .50-.55; tarsus. 

 .62-.7!i. 



