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IThnjotJiorus'] ludovicianus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 86. 



Tlhryothorus'} ludovicianus Gaba'his, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 78. — Nelson, Bull. Essex 



Inst., viii, 1876, 152 (Cook Co., Illinois, rare in summer). — Coues, Key N. 



Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 277, part.— Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 



550, part. 

 Phryothorus ludovicianus Dubfee, Auk, xx, 1903, 69 (Fall River, Massachusetts, 



Sept. 6, 1902). 

 [Thnjotorus'] ludovidamis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 220. 

 Thriothorus ludovicianus Baied, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 361. 

 Thryothorus ludovicianus, var. ludovicianus Baied, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 



N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 142. 

 [Thryothorus ludovidanv^l a. ludovicianus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 29; Birds 



Col. Val., 1878, 168, footnote. 

 Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 20, 1883, 



346. 

 Thryophilus ludovicianus Boucaed, Cat. Avium, 1876, 160, no. 4869. 

 Certhia caroliniana Wilson, Am. Orn., ii, 1810, 61, pi. 12, fig. 5 (e. Pennsyl- 

 vania; coll. Peale's Mus., no. 7248; ex Motacilla caroliniana Bartram, 



Travels, p. 291).— Bonaparte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1824, 28.— 



Jaedine, ed. Wilson's Am. Orn., i, 1832, 210. 

 Troglodytes arundinaceus Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., ii, 1807, 55, pi. 108, part 



(description and plate, but not account of habits^) . 

 Tlhriothorus'] an/ndmaceus Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1840, 263, excl. syn. part. 

 Thryothorus Kttoralis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxxiv, 1819, 56. 

 T[hriothorus'] louisianx Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1840, 264, part. 



THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS MIAMENSIS Ridgway. 

 FLORIDA WREN, 



Most like T. I. herlandieri, but coloration still darker and richer, 

 and size much greater (decidedly larger than any other form of the 

 species); upper parts rich chestnut to dark chestnut, the superciliary 

 stripe decidedly huffy (except in worn summer plumage); under 

 parts (except chin and upper throat) deep clay color or tawny-ochra 

 ceous, the flanks tinged with chestnut and (sometimes also the sides) 

 barred with chestnut or dusky. 



Adult wjaZe.— Length (skins), 129.5-146.5 (139.8); wing, 61-66.5 

 (62.6); tail, 48.5-55..5 (51.3); exposed culmen, 18-19.5 (18.5); tarsus, 

 21.5-23.5 (22.5); middle toe, 14-16.5 (15.7).* 



Adult female.— 'LQwgth. (skins), 122-142.5 (131.3); wing, 56.5-60.5 

 (58.5); tail, 46-54.5 (48.6); exposed culmen, 15.5-19 (1T.5J; tarsus, 

 20.5-22.5 (21.5); middle toe, 14.5-16 (15.2)." 



Peninsula of Florida; north to Suwanee River, Gainesville, Palatka, 

 etc.'^ 



«This applies to Telmatodytes palustris.' 



^ Thirteen specimens. 



« Twelve specimens. 



<i Specimens from the Suwanee River and other localities in northern peninsular 

 Florida are much smaller than typical T. I. miamensis, averaging even less than T. I. 

 ludovicianus, except bill and tarsus; but in coloration they are very much nearer the 



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