Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked, 
715. Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus). L. 5.7. 
Ads. Rump rusty; tail tipped and omter feathers 
barred with pale rusty; above grayish brown lightly 
speckled with blackish; below, including belly, whitish; 
breast obscurely streaked with brownish. — Notes. 
Calls, Wren-like; song, sweet, varied and Mockingbird- 
like. 
Range.—'' Western United States, from the western border of the 
Plains to the Pacific, north to Dakota, Montana, and British Colum- 
bia; south on the tablelands of Mexico and Guatemala to Salvador; 
breeds throughout its range, and is resident from about the southern 
border of the United States southward."’ (A. O. U.) 
716. Guadalupe Rock Wren (Salpinctes guadelou- 
pensis). Resembling No. 715, but darker and browner, 
with chest, etc., more distinctly speckled; wings and 
tail shorter; bill and tarsi longer; W. 2.6; T. 2.2. 
Ridgw. ) 
Range.—Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 
717. White-throated Wren (Catherpes mexicanus 
albifrons). L.6; W. 2.7. Ads. Belly, rump, and all 
tail-feathers rusty; tail barred with black; throat white; 
back rusty brown. 
Range.—Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and southward into 
northeastern Mexico. 
717a. Canon Wren (C. m. conspersus). Similar to 
No. 717, but smaller, W. 2.3; tail-bars narrower. 
Notes. Call, a ‘ringing diwk;’’ song, a series of about 
seven, loud, ringing whistles uttered in a regularly de- 
scending scale. 
Range.—''Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region, from the Sierra 
Nevada and Cascades eastward to southern Idaho, Wyoming, Color- 
ado and western Texas: south on the tableland of Mexico to Aguas 
Calientes; breeds nearly throughout its range; resident in southern 
parts of its United States distribution."’ (A. O. U.) 
717b. Dotted Canon Wren (C. m. punctulatus). 
Similar to No. 717a, but darker; more nearly resemb- 
ling No. 717 in colors, but smaller in size. 
F Range.—Pacific coast from Lower California north to Oregon; resi- 
ent. 
718. Carolina Wren (Thryothoris ludovicianus). 
L. 5.5; W. 2.3;B..6. Ads. Above bright rust-brown; 
below washed with same, throat and line over eye 
white. Notes. Calls, Wren-like; song, a great variety 
of loud, musical whistles, whee-udel, whee-udel, whee-udel 
Or tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle, etc. 
Range —Eastern United States; breeds from the Gulf States north 
to the lower Hudson Valley (and casually Massachusetts), northern 
Illinois, and southern lowa; resident. . 
718a. Florida Wren (7. 2. miamensis). Similar to 
No. 718, but darker above, more deeply colored below; 
larger, W. 2.4; B..7. 
Range.—Florida, from Pasco and Brevard counties southward. 
718b. Lomita Wren (7. /. Jomitensis). Similar to 
No. 718, but browner, less rufous above, rump with 
more white spots; below paler, the flanks usually 
barred. 
Range.— Southeastern Texas. 
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