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this species, but did not secure the specimen. There can be little 

 doubt as to the correctness of the identification, but it is deemed 

 advisable to withhold this bird from full standing in the list until 

 the taking of a specimen places the record beyond all doubt, since it 

 is a rare species in both Colorado and Wyoming.] 



718. Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham) — Carolina Wren. 



Aughey saw this bird but once in Nebraska, in Richardson county, 

 June 12, 1875. Bruner saw it again years afterward at Rulo in the 

 same county. The third and last instance of its occurrence was a 

 specimen taken at Roca, Feb. 20, 1902, by J. S. Hunter (See Proc. N. 

 O. U. Ill, p. 108). It is probably a rare resident in the extreme 

 southeastern part of the state. 



719. *Thryomanes bewickii (Audubon) — Bewick Wren. 



Aughey's record stands alone for this bird in Nebraska. He found 

 a nest near the Missouri river in Otoe county, June 12, 1875, and 

 watched the parents feed their young with small locusts. 



The recording of T. b. bairdii (in part cryptus) from Nebraska was 

 a guess by Taylor as to the identity of Aughey's specimen. Since 

 the rearrangement of the subspecies, (See Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XXI, pp. 421-450) the only other form likely to occur in this state is 

 719c. T. b. cryptus Oberholser, the Texas Bewick Wren, which is found 

 north to Kansas and eastern Colorado and may straggle into western 

 Nebraska. 



[721. Troglodytes aedon Vieillot — House Wren. 



Both eastern and western forms of this species have been recorded 

 from this state, but a careful examination proves them all to refer to 

 the western subspecies. The western range of aedon is to Indiana 

 and Illinois and it probably never reaches this state.] 



721a. *Troglodytes aedon aztecus (Baird) — Western House Wren. 



Entire state, abundant summer resident and breeder; arriving in 

 the middle of April, breeding in the latter part of May, and in June 1 

 and departing late in September and in October, though lingering 

 even to the first of November. 



722. Olbiorchilus hiemalis (Vieillot) — Winter Wren. 



Rather rare winter resident, appearing in the^ middle of Septem- 

 ber and present until March. Omaha, Peru, Dunbar, Blair, West 

 Point, Neligh, Lincoln. Breeds north of this state. 



724. *Cistothorus stellaris (Lichtenstein) — Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



An uncommon migrant and rare summer resident in eastern 

 Nebraska. Aughey found a nest in a marsh in Dixon county in 1867, 

 the only time he found it breeding. It has also been found at Omaha, 

 West Point, and Lincoln in summer, and nests have been found at 

 the two latter localities (See Proc. N. O. U. Ill, p. 108). 



