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68. 
mediate ; upper parts most like those of C. conspersiis, and wings completely barred as in that 
species ; but under parts posteriorly dusky ferruginous (dark mahogany color), and tail- bars 
br(>ad, 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. S. I., 
seems to be recognizably distinct ) but all the forms of the genus intergrade. (Not in Check 
List, 1882 ; since described by Kidgway, Pr. Nat. Mus., v., 1882, p. '6^'6.) 
10. Subfamily TROCLODYTIN/E : True Wrens. 
See characters and analysis of this group on p. 274. 
THRYOTHO'RUS. (Gr. Bpvov, thruon, a reed, and Bovpos. 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 w^hite spots. Eggs colored. 
Tail not longer than w ings, like back in color, and barred, in Thryothorus proper Nos. 68, 69, 70 
Tail longer than wings, blackish, not fully barred, in Thryomanes 71, 72, 73 
T. ludovicia'nus. (Lat. Ludovicianus, Louisiana; of Ludovicus, Louis XIY., 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; 
69. 
70. 
71. 
tarsus 0.75. Eastern 
regularly to the Middle 
tail 2.25; bill 0.65 
U. S., southerly; N. 
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 
most miscellaneous materials ; eggs 6-7, white, 
profusely speckled and blotched with shades of 
reddish, brown, and purplish; 0.72 X 0.60. 
T. 1. miamien'sis. (Of the Miami Eiver, Florida.) Florid an Wren. Similar 
stouter, and more deeply-colored, especially below, where nearly uniform rusty-brown 
2.75 ; 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 Kio Grande ; a local race. 
T. be'wicki. (To Thomas Bewuck.) Bewick'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, witji numerous fine black bars; others black with whitish 
Fig. 149. — Great Carolina Wren, reduced. (From 
Nuttall, after Audubon.) 
larger. 
Wing 
