22. 
68. 
69. 
70. 
71. 
“TROGLODYTIDA — TROGLODYTINZ: TRUE WRENS. 277 
mediate ; upper parts most like those of C. conspersus, and wings completely barred as in that 
species ; but under parts posteriorly dusky ferruginous (dark mahogany color), and tail-bars 
broad, firm, and regular, as in mexicanus proper. Coast region of California. The type speci- 
men, the only one I have seen, for some years in my cabinet and now No. 82,715, Mus. 8. L., 
seems to be recognizably distinct ; but all the forms of the genus intergrade. (Not in Check 
List, 1882; since described by Ridgway, Pr. Nat. Mus., v., 1882, p. 343.) 
10. Subfamily TROGLODYTINAZ: True Wrens. 
See characters and analysis of this group on p. 274. 
THRYOTHO’RUS. (Gr. Opvov, thruon, a reed, and Ootpos, thouros, leaping.) REED WRENS. 
Of largest size in this subfamily ; length 5.50-6.00. Back uniform in color, without streaks or 
bars; wings and tail more or less barred crosswise; belly unmarked ; a long superciliary stripe ; 
rump with concealed white spots. Eggs colored. 
Tail not longer than wings, like back in color, and barred, in Thryothorus proper . Nos. 68, 69, 70 
Tail longer than wings, blackish, not fully barred, in Thryomanes .. . ‘< eS ~ « 71,72, 78 
T. ludovicia/nus. (Lat. Ludovicianus, Louisiana; of Ludovicus, Louis XIV., of France. 
Fig. 149.) Great CAROLINA WREN. Upper parts uniform reddish-brown, brightest on the 
rump, where are concealed whitish spots; a 
long whitish superciliary line, usually bordered 
with dusky streaks; upper surfaces of wings 
and tail like back, barred with dusky, the outer 
edges of the primaries and lateral tail-feathers 
showing whitish spots. Below, rusty or muddy 
whitish, clearest anteriorly, deepening behind, 
the under tail-coverts reddish-brown barred 
with blackish. Wing-coverts usually with dusky 
and whitish tips. Feet livid flesh-colored. 
Length 6.00; extent nearly 7.50; wing 2.40; 
tail 2.25; bill 0.65; tarsus 0.75. Eastern 
U. S., southerly; N. regularly to the Middle 
States, rarely to Massachusetts; resident as far 
north at least as Washington. A common and - 
well-known inhabitant of shrubbery, with a 
loud ringing song; shy and secretive. Nest in 
any nook about out-buildings, or in shrubbery, 
when in the latter usually roofed over, of the : 3 ~ 
most miscellaneous materials; eggs 6-7, white, NNW 
profusely speckled and blotched with shades of Fic. 149. —Great Carolina Wren, reduced. (From 
reddish, brown, and purplish; 0.72 x 0.60. Tener anne 
T.1. miamien’sis, (Of the Miami River, Florida.) FLorman Wren. Similar: larger, 
stouter, and more deeply-colored, especially below, where nearly uniform rusty-brown. Wing 
9.75; tail 2.60; bill 0.90; tarsus 0.95. Florida; a local race. 
T. 1. berlan’dieri. (To Dr. Louis Berlandier.) Texan Wren. Similar: smaller; length 
5.25 ; wing 2.25; tail 2.12. Coloration darker than in typical ludovicianus, especially below; 
flanks as well as crissum barred with dusky; tail-bars broken up into irregular nebulation. 
Valley of the Rio Grande; a local race. 
T. be/wicki. (To Thomas Bewick.) Brwrcr’s Wren. Above, dark grayish-brown; 
below, ashy-white, with a brownish wash on the flanks. Rump-with concealed whitish spots. 
A long whitish superciliary stripe from nostrils to nape. Under tail-coverts dark-barred ; two 
middle tail-feathers like back, with numerous fine black bars; others black with whitish 
