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Eepoet of State Geologist. 



Subfamily TROGLODYTIN^E. Wrens. 

 168. Genus THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. 



«'. Tai] not longer than wings, its feathers all brown with fine black bars. 



Subgenus Thryothorus. T. ludovicianus (Lath.). 298 



■a''. Tail longer than wings, its feathers mostly blackish, the middle one grayish, 



barred. Subgenus Thryomanes Sclater. T. bewickii (And.). 299 



Carolina, Wren. 



Subgenus Thryothorus. 



298. 



(718). Thryothorus ludovicianus (Lath.). 



Carolina Wren. 



Synonyms, Great Carolina Wren, Mocking Wken, Large Wood Wren. 



Exposed portion of the bill shorter than the head. Above, reddish- 

 brown, most Yivid on the rump: a whitish streak over the eye. bor- 

 dered above with dark brown; throat, whitish; rest of under parts, 

 pale yellow-rusty, darkest toward the under tail-coverts, which are 

 conspicuously barred with black; exposed surface of wings and tail 

 (inchuling the upper coverts), barred throughout with brown, the 

 outer edges of tail feathers and quills showing series of alternating 

 whitish and dusky spots; legs, flesh-colored. (B. B. and E.) 



Length, 5.25-6.00; wing, 2.18-3.50; t;iil, 1.80-2.35. 



Eange. — Northeastern Mexico and Vnited States east of riniiis; 

 north to Nebraska, southern Michigan, southern Ontario and Con- 

 necticut. Eesident throughout its range. 



