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TEOGLODYTIDiE, WEENS. GEN. 21, 22. 



slender; 5-5 J ; wing 2-^-, tail 2-J-. South-western United States and south- 

 ward. Cass., 111., 173, pi. 30; Bd., 356; Coop., 66. . . mexiganus. 



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21. Genus THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. 



* Tail not longer than wings, all its feathers reddish-brown with numerons fine 



black bars. 



Carolina Wren. Clear reddish-hrown, slightly grayer on head, brightest 



on rump; below tawny of varying shade; long conspicuous superciliary 



line white or tawny ; wiugs edged 

 with color of back, aud dusky waved ; 

 wing coverts usually whitish spotted ; 

 under tail coverts usually blackish 

 barred; sides of body unmarked. 

 5i to nearly 6 ; wings 2J, tail rather 

 less. Eastern United States, rather 

 southern ; north to Connecticut, and 

 scarcely or not migratory ; winters 

 at AVashington, D. C. A voluble 

 songster. Wils., ii, 61, jjl. 12, f. 

 5; NuTT., 1, 429; Aud., ii, 116, 

 pi. 117; Bd., 361. LUDOvioiANUS. 

 Var. BEKLANDiEKi. £ erlaiicli cr' s 

 Wren. Similar ; rather smaller ; bill 

 larger ; darker, especiall}' below ; sides 

 dnskj'-barred. Near Mexican boundary. 

 A geographical race of the last, with 

 to Mr. Allen, by intermediate Floridan 



Caiolma AVien. 



which it is perfectljr connected, accordinf; 

 specimens. Bd., 362, pi. 83, f. 1 ; Eev. 124. 



** Tail longer than wings ; its feathers mostly black. 

 ,!, Beioicle's Wren. Grayish-brown ; below ashy-white ; superciliary line 

 white; Avings dusky, faintly waved ; under tail coverts dark-barred; two 

 middle tail feathers like back, with numerous fine black bars, others black, 

 several of the lateral with white or gray spots or tips. 5|- ; extent 6f ; 

 wings little or not over 2, tail 2-J:. United States, southern ; in New Mexico 

 and Arizona, whiter below (var. leucogaster) ; on Pacific coast, grayer above 

 and bill longer (var. spilurus). Nutt., i, 434; Aud., ii, 120, pi. 118; 

 Bd., 303; Eev. 126; Coop., 69, bewickii. 



22. Genus TROGLODYTES Vieillot. 



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House Wren. Brown, brighter behind ; below rusty-brown, or grayish- m 

 brown, or even grayish-white; evci-ywhere waved with darker shade, very 

 plainly on wings, tail, flanks aud under tail coverts ; breast apt to be darker 

 than either throat or belly; bill less than head, about half an iuch long; 

 wings aud tail nearly equal, about Ii— 2^ ; total length from 4J-5J (aver- 

 age 45). Eastern United States, very abundant anywhere. Wils., ii, 129, 



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