198 BIRDS OF OHIO. 
278. (718.) THRyoTHoRUS LuUDovicIaNUS (Lath.). 21. 
Carolina Wren. , 
Synonyms: Troglodytes ludovicianus, Sylvia ludoviciana. 
Great Carolina Wren; Mocking Wren, Louisiana Wren, Ham- 
mock or Hummock Wren, Palmetto Wren, Large Wood 
Wren. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 168, 183. 
Dr. Wheaton’s statement, “Abundant in Southern, com- 
mon and resident in Middle, rare in Northern Ohio,”’ still 
holds good in the main. There is good evidence that its 
northern range is extending, and that the birds are becom- 
ing more common north than he knew them. They seem to 
be resident wherever they occur. We found them on East 
Sister Island, Lake Erie, and there are records even into 
Ontario. 
In many places this wren is as familiar as the House 
Wren, building under the porch roof. It is fond of brushy 
tangles and bushy ravines or gorges. The borders of 
streams afford good cover. 
The food of this wren is almost entirely animal, and the 
most of that insects. It is likely that in winter more vege- 
table waste may be eaten if other food is hard to secure, 
‘but at any time this large wren is one of the most beneficial 
of our birds. 
279. ( 719.) THRYOMANES BEWICKII (Aud.). 22. 
Bewick Wren. 
Synonyms: Thryothorous bewickii, T. b. var. bewickii, Troglo- 
dytes bewickii. 
Southern House Wren, Long-tailed House Wren, Song Wren, 
Long-tailed Wren. 
Dury and Freeman, Journal Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., LI, 1879, 101. 
While Dr. Wheaton and Dr. Langdon admitted this wren to 
their earlier lists they removed it from their later ones because 
the records upon which statements were made proved unfound- 
-ed. The above reference is the first authentic record. 
It appears that this wren, which was unknown as an Ohio 
bird in 1882, has extended its range northeastward almost 
