4G8 BEWICKS WREN. 



ghanies. The T. Ludovicianusvfos, sparingly seen in the valleys and along 

 the water-courses, but the present species seemed particularly attach- 

 ed to the highest ridges, preferring grounds that had once been cleared, 

 but now partially overgrown. It did not appear to be a shy bird, but, 

 from its active restless habits, was procured with difficulty. It probably 

 sleeps in hollows during the night, as I saw two or three issuing from 

 the hole of a tree at day-light one morning. The stomachs of those 

 which I examined were principally filled with small spiders, minute 

 caterpillars, and the larvae of insects. A specimen of this bird was 

 sent me from Columbia in South Carolina, procured by Dr Gibbs, and 

 I have no doubt it will be found on the whole range of our southern 

 mountains." 



Dr Trudeau has sent the following note : — " The Bewick's Wren 

 must be common in Louisiana. I shot but one there, but I frequently 

 found them in the vicinity of the woods, where it must breed. They 

 are seen in the bushes and dive among them as soon as they perceive 

 the gunner. The nest is different from that of the Carolina Wren." 



My friends Mr Nuttall and Dr Townsend found this species on 

 the Columbia River, from which country I have specimens perfectly 

 similar to that figured in my plate. No doubt can exist that it has a 

 wide range along the Rocky Mountains, as well as along the elevated 

 portions of our Atlantic States. Dr Townsenu says that it breeds on 

 the groimd. 



A specimen in my possession measures 5/^ inches in length ; the 

 bill II ; tarsus i% ; hind toe ^\, its claw i| ; middle toe ||, its claw ^\ ; 

 wing from flexure 2-^^ ; tail 2^^. The first quill is t% shorter than 

 the fifth, which is longest, but scarcely exceeds the fourth and sixth. 

 The lateral tail-feathers are ^^ shorter than the middle. The Great 

 Carolina Wren has the bill and tai"si much stronger; the first quill {^ 

 shorter than the fifth, which is longest, but scarcely exceeds the fourth, 

 and its lateral tail-feathers are only /j shorter than the longest. 



