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this pretty songster." Mr. E. W. Nelson reported it,t "A rare 

 summer visitant." Thanks to the protection afforded this bird 

 by Mr. John V. Farwell, Jr., at Lake Forest, Illinois, the species 

 has succeeded in raising several broods in that vicinity. Mr. 

 Spencer F. Dayton writes as follows: "As I was hunting 

 through the Bowmanville woods, I heard the loud ringing song 

 of this Wren coming from a distance. As it struck my ear as 

 unfamiliar, I traced it to the northern edge of the woods and 

 found that it came from a Carolina Wren concealed in a brush 

 pile. Every few minutes the bird would mount to the top of 

 a stick and, with head up and tail down would utter its clear ring- 

 ing notes which sounded like the syllables che-ho-vy; rich and 

 mellow were the notes and they were repeated every half minute 

 or so for a time and then he would drop down into the bush 

 only to reappear after a time to sing again. It did not scold or 

 chatter as do other wrens, and its notes, heard at a distance, had 

 the quality of those of the robin." 



Mrs. John V. Farwell, Jr., informs me that she had studied 

 the Carolina Wren in Virginia but hardly expected to ever see 

 or hear it in the vicinity of Lake Forest, Illinois. She writes as 

 follows : "On the morning of August 13, 1900, I was awakened 

 by its loud clear whistle just outside of my window. It is a 

 curious fact that the songs of our familiar birds do not awaken 

 me, but when I hear an unusual song I am easily aroused. I have 

 since had a good look at him. His song is a loud, clear, rapid 

 whistle that could be heard a quarter of a mile. The syllables 

 can be rendered cher-o-kee; the notes musically speaking are in 

 A flat or D. Besides this song the only sound I heard him utter 

 was a scolding warning; out of note, like a policeman's rattle. 

 The whistling note was usually repeated three times. This bird 

 has been identified by Mr. John F. Ferry and several others." 



The range of the Carolina Wren extends over the United 

 States, east of the Great Plains and from southern New England, 

 southernNew York, southern Ontario, and southern Michigan 

 southward. It is resident nearly throughout its range. 



Genus THRYOMANES Selater, 1861. 



Thryomanes bewickii (Audubon). Bewick's Wren. 



Troglodytes lewickii Atjdubon, Orn. Biog., I, 1831, 96, pi. 18. 

 Thryothorus hewicJcii Bonapaete, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 11. 



tBirds of Northeastern Illinois. Bull, of the Essex Institute, Vol. VIII, 1876, 96. 



