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named it seemed to delight in tbe reverberation of its notes from tlie 

 bigli sandstone walls that give to the Garden of the Gods its peculiar 

 picturesqueness." According to Prof. Suuiichrast, it is very common on 

 the plateau of Mexico, "where it i)robably has its centre of propaga- 

 tion," and is also found in the temperate region of the department of 

 Vera Cruz. "In Orizaba it nests in the houses ; its nest, very skillfully 

 wrought with spider's webs, is built in the crevices of old walls, or in 

 the interstices between the tiles under the roofs of houses." 



In connection with this northward extension of the White-throated 

 Wren may be noticed the occurrence of Oamiiylorhynclms hnnineicaplllus 

 in Utah, as I am informed by letter from my friend Dr. H. O. Yarrow, 

 U. S. A., who took the species at St. George, in the southwestern por- 

 tion of the Territory. 



THEYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS, (Lath.) Bp. 

 Great Carolina Wren. 



a. ludovicianus. 



Syhna ludovidana, Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 548. 



Troglochjies ludovicianus, Licht., Verz. 1823, 35. — Bp., Obs. Wils. No. 65 ; Syn. 93. — Nutt., 

 Man. i, 1832, 429.— Add., Orn. Biog. i, 1831, 399; v, lf^39, 466; pi. 78; Syu. 

 1839,74; B. Am. ii, 1841. 116, pi. 117.— Gihaud, B. L. I. 1844, 75.— Woodh., 

 Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 67 (Texas and Indian Territorv).— Mayx., B. Fla. 1872, 37. 



Thryoihorus ludovicianus, Bp., List, 1838, 11; Consp. ij'm^O, 220.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 

 361; Rev. 1864, 123.— SCL., Cat. A. B. 1861, 20.— C(>UE.s & Prent., Smitlis. Rep. 

 1861, 410 (Washington, D. C, not abundant). — Lawk., Ann. Lyc.N. Y. viii, 1866, 

 283 (Long Island).— COUES, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1868, 108 (South Carolina).— Ali.ex, fr//- 

 Mem. Bost. Soc. i, 1868, 523 (Indiaufi).— TuRNB., B. E. Pa. 1869, 20 (wintering).— ^ ' ' 

 CoUBS, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1871, 19 (North Carolina).- Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. ii, S'^^ ~ 

 1871, 266 (Florida) ; iii, 1872, 125, 175 (Eastern Kansas).— Snow, B. Kana. 1873, f i /, - 

 6.— CouES, Key, 1872, 86, fig. 29. * 



Troglodytes arundinaceus, Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 55, pi. 108 (description, not 

 the biography). 



Thryothorus arundinaceus. Less., Rev. Zool. 1840, 963 (exclusive of synonyms). 



Thryothorus liUoralis, Vleill., Nouv. Diet, xxxiv, 1819, 56. 



Tliryotlwrus louisiance, Less., Rtjv. Zool. 1840, 262. 



Cerihia caroliniana, Wils., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 61, pi. 12, f. 5. 



Sab. — Eastern United States, south of New England. West into Kansas. New 

 Mexico (Henry.) Resident throughout its range. No extralimital record. 

 Not obtained by any of tlie Expeditious. 



b. berlandieri. 



Thryothorus lerlandien, CouCH.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 362, pi. 83, f. 1 ; Rev. 1864, 124. 

 Thryothorus ludovicianus var. herlandieri, CouES, Key, 1872, 86. 



ffal). — Valley of the Rio Grande, and southward. This is the southern race, diifering 

 in longer bill and heavier color ; the under parts more decidedly rufous, and the sides 

 barred with dusky. Floridau specimens are intermediate. 



Although restricted in its northward dispersion, the Carolina Wren is 

 a hardy bird, enduring the winters of the Middle States. There may 

 be an incomplete recession from its more northern abodes, yet it is as 

 common in winter as in summer, at least from Maryland southward. 

 Such is the case about Washington, D. C, where I found it common at 

 all seasons, though never in great abundance. It frequents shrubbery 

 and undergrowth of all sorts, where it hides with great pertinacity, and 

 is oftener heard than seen. Not that it is particularly a timid bird, for it 

 often comes about the gardens and out-houses ; but it is retiring and un- 

 familiar, courting privacy and seclusion. If we attempt to penetrate its 

 hidden resorts, it hurries away into deeper recesses, with a low flutter- 

 ing near the ground, or scrambling and hopping from one bush to an- 

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