Perching" Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



715. Rock Wren {Salpinxes ahsoletus). L. 5.7. 

 Ads. Rump rusty; tail tipped and outer feathers 

 barred with pale rubty; above grayish brown lighlly 

 speckled with blackish; below, including belly, whitish; 

 breast obscurely streaked with brownish. NoUs, 

 Calls, Wren-like; song, sweet, varied and Mockingbird- 

 like. 



Ranee. — "Western United States, from the western border of th? 

 Plains to the Pacific, norlh lo Uakola, Montana, and Brltiah Colum- 

 bia; south on tlie tablelands of Mexico and Guatemala to Salvadnr; 

 breeds througliout Its range, and Is reslfleni from about the southern 

 border o( the United States southward." [A. O. U.) 



7 16. Guadalupe Rock Wren {Salpindes giiadtlou- 

 p4iisis). Resembling No, 715, but darker and browner, 

 with chestj etc., more distinctly speckled; wines and 

 tail shorter; bill ahd tarsi longer; W. 2.6; T. 2,2. 

 (Ridgw,) 



Ranee, - -Guadalupe Island, Lower California, 



7 I 7. White-throated Wren {Catherpes nuxica-tm 

 albifrotis). L.6;W.7..7. /Id^. 6c/ir, rump, and all 

 tail-feathers rusty; tail barred with black; throat white; 

 back rusty browu. 



Range. — Lower Rio GrandeValley In lexas and southward Into 

 northeastern Mexico. 



7 I 7a. Canon* Wren (C. m. consper^is). Similar to 

 No. 717, but smaller, W, 2,3; tail-bars narrower. 

 Notes. Call, a 'ringing dint" song, a series of about 

 seven, loud, ringing whistles uttered in a regularly de- 

 scending scale. 



Rang^. -"Greet Bnsin and Rocky Mountain region, from the Sierra 

 Nevada and Cascades eastward to southern Idaho. Wyoming, Color- 

 ado and wett^rn Texas, south on the tableland of Mexico to Ag-uas. 

 Ollentes: breeds nearly throughout Its range; resident In souihem 

 parts of Its United Sutes distribution." (A. O. U.) 



717b. Dotted Canon Wren (C. m. pufutulatus) . 

 Slniil.tr to No. 717a, but darker; more nearly resemb- 

 ling No, 717 in colors, but smaller in size. 



Range.— Pacific coast from Lower California north to Oregon; resi- 

 dent, 



7 1 8. Carolina Wren ( Thryothorus ludcmicianus). 

 L. 5,5; W. 2,3; B. .6. Ads. Above bright rust-brown; 

 below washed with same, thr-'it and line over eye 

 white. Notes. Calls, Wren-like; song, a great variety 

 of loud, musical whistles, wbee-udel, wbee-udel, whse-udil 

 Or tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle, etc. 



Range — EHstein UnlluJ Slates; breeds fioiii Ihe Gulf SlaltS north 

 to llie lower Hudson Valley (and casually Massachusetts J i nonhem 

 Illinois, and southern Iowa; resident. 



718a. Florida Wren (7". I. miamensis). Similar to 

 No. 718, but darker above, more deeply colored below; 

 larger, W. 2,4; B. ,7. 



Rqnge.— Florida, from Pasco and Rrevnrd counties southward. 



7 I 8b. tomito Wren (7. (. iomitensis) . 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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