308 AVES : PASSERES. — XLVI. 
mon red above; lower parts thickly spotted; bill nearly straight, 
shorter and much less curved than in the other Harporhynchi, five 
species of which occur in the S. W. L.11. W.4. T.5}. B.1. 
E. U. S., abundant. A brilliant songster, its notes similar to those 
of the mocking-bird, but softer and less varied. 
523. THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. (@pvov, reed ; Govpos, leaping.) 
a. Tail not longer than wings, its feathers all brown with fine black bars. 
1001. T. ludovicianus (Gmelin). Carotina WrEeN. Mock- 
inG WreEN. Clear reddish brown, brightest on rump; pale buffy 
below; wings barred; a pale superciliary stripe. L.6. W. 23. 
T. 22. E. U.S., southerly, N. to Penn. ; a remarkable singer. 
523b. THRYOMANES Sclater. 
aa. Tail longer than wings. 
1002. T. bewickii (Audubon). Umber brown above; brownish 
white below; white streak abpve eye and on neck. L.53. W. 23. 
T. 24. S.U.S., N. to Penn. and Minn. (To Thos. Bewick.) 
524. TROGLODYTES Vieillot. (spwydodurns, cave-dweller.) 
a. Tail more than } wing. (Troglodytes.) 
1003, T. aedon Vieillot. Housz Wren. Brown, brightest be- 
hind; rusty below ; everywhere above and behind barred or waved 
with darker, distinctly so on wings, tail, and crissum. L.5. W.2. 
T. 2, E. U.S., abundant; an active and familiar little bird. 
524b. ANORTHURA Rennie. 
aa. Tail very short, less than 3 wing. 
1004. A. hiemalis (Vieillot). Wr1ntzR Wren. Deep reddish- 
brown, waved with dusky; wings, tail, and belly posteriorly sharply 
barred. L.4. W.1%. T.1}. N. Am, U. S. in winter, common 
N.; a fine singer. (Lat., wintry.) 
525. CISTOTHORUS Cabanis. (kicros, a shrub, rock-rose; 
Godpos, leaping.) 
a, Bill about half as long as head; no white superciliary line. (Cistothorus.) 
1005. C.stellaris (Lichtenstein). SHorT-BILLED MarsH WREN. 
Dark brown, head and back darker ; entire upper parts with white 
streaks; lower parts buffy. L. 4}. W. 1%. 7.1. E.U.S., in 
marshes; rather rare. (Lat., starry.) 
aa. Bill slender, about as long as head; a conspicuous white superciliary line. 
(Telmatodytes Cab.) 
1006. C. palustris (Wilson). Lonc-s1tLep MarsH Wren. 
Clear brown; back with a black patch containing white streaks ; 
otherwise unstreaked above ; crown blackish ; lower parts brownish 
white. L.5. W.2. T. 1%. U.S&., abundant in reedy swamps. 
