THE WRENS AND CATBIRDS Q75 
of Wrens occupy the United States, from ocean to ocean, the 
Pacific species, west of the Rockies, being the Tulé Wren. 
HOUSE WREN. 
Tur Brown TuHrasHeR.'—Vocally this bird is practically 
the northern understudy of the mockingbird. When, after 
a warm spring shower and a sudden burst of sunshine, an 
able-bodied Brown Thrasher perches on the tip-top of a red- 
haw bush, and for fifteen minutes pours forth a steady stream 
1 Har-po-rhyn'chus ru'fus. Length, 11.25 inches. 
