Pei'ching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



721. House Wren [Troglodytes aedun). L. 4.7; T. 

 1.7. Ads. Above cinnamon brown, sometimes ob- 

 scurely barred; tail tlie same, all the feathers barred; 

 below grayish with a brownish wash, lower belly and 

 flanks usually more or less barred. Notes. Call, a 

 scolding Arm«e, song, a bubbling, rippling, irrepress- 

 ible little melody. 



RjngB. — EiElern North America; breeds north to Maine, Montreal, 

 ,ind Manitoba; winters from South Carolina and Ihg Lower Missis- 

 sippi Vjiley ^outhivard Into Mexico. 



721a. Parkman Wren '7". a. parkmanu). Similar 

 to No. 731, but less cinnamon above; intermediaie in 

 color between No. 72 [.and No. 721b. 



Ringe. — Pacific coast; bieods from southern California north to 

 Eritiah Coiumbia; winters from southern L,alifornia southward. 



72 J b. Western House Wren (T. a. a^tecus). Sim- 

 ilartij ^o. 7;?!, hilt mijch grayer above and paler he- 

 low; back more frequently barred. 



Range.— West trn United States from the Sierra Nevada east' to the 

 Mississippi Valley; winters south into Lower Caiifornia and Mexii;u. 



722. Winter Wren {Olbiarchtlus hiemalis). L. 4; 

 T. 1.2. Ads- Above cinnamon, much brighter than 

 in No. 721; below pale cinnamon, sides and belly 

 he.uily barred with :blackibh. Notes. Call, chimp- 

 chimp, resembling call of Song Sparrow; song, tink- 

 ling, rippling, lull of trills, runs and grace notes. 

 CBailey.) 



Range. — Eastern North America^ breeds from northern New l-ng- 

 land and noTlhern New Yurk []uri.hw^fd, nv\A southward iilojig Uie Ai- 

 le^iaiiies to Noith Carolina; winters from Massachusetts and Illinois 

 toTloilda. 



722a. Western Winter Wren (C. h- pacificus) 

 Similar to No. 722, but much deeper colored both 

 above and below, and .more heavily barred. 



R.injre. — Breeds on tlie PatiTit cuast truiii i^outhern California iLUTth 

 to Alaska; east lu iJalm; wlnLecs suuth Inlci Mexico. 



722b. Kadiak Winter Wren (O./f, /(^//OT). Sliglit- 

 ly larger and paler than No. 7223. (Osgood.) 

 RanEC. -Kadink Island, Alaska. 



723. Alaskan Wren {Olbiorchilus alastetisii) . Re- 

 sembling No. 722a, but paler and larger, W. 2.1, B. ,6 



Range — Breeds on Kadi.ik Island. Alaska; winter range unknown. 

 723.1. MatiWan^Nrtn iOlhiorchilusmeli^eTUs). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 725, but darker, less reddish; rump and up- 

 per lail-toverts more evidently barred; bars on belly 

 heavier, I Oberholser, ) 



Ranee.— "Westernmost part of the Aleutian group, Alaska." (Ober- 

 holser. 



724. Short-hilled Marsh Wren {Cistotborus stel- 

 laris). L. 4; T. 1.4; B. .4. Ads. Crown and back 

 streaked with whicish; breast-band, sides and under 

 tail-coverts rusty; wing-coverts tipped with whitish. 

 Notes. Call, like sound produced oy striking two 

 pebbles together; song, "chap — ti»^ - thap-chap, cbap-ehap- 

 eijap p-p-rrr. (Seton.) (See next page.) 



Ranee.— Eastern North America, ranglnR west to Utah; breeds 

 from (he Gulf States north to Massachusetts and Manitoba; winters 

 from the Gulf States soulhwftrd. 



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