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TROGLODYTES LUDOVICIAXUS. 
make, it would seem more capable of braving the 
of a northern climate than any of the others. 
however, scarcely be called migratory. lu the dep^^ 
of winter I found it miraerous in Virginia along ' 
shores and banks of the James River, and its tribue|^jj 
streams, and thence as far south as Savannah, t 
observed it on the banks of the Ogechee; it 
to be particularly attached to the borders of nyin.^jj 
swamps, deep Indlows, among piles of old deca.'^jj;, 
timber, and by rivers and small creeks. It has ah 
restless, jerking manners of the wrens, skipping 
with great nimbleness, hopping into caves, and 
appearing into holes and crevices, like a rat, for se' y 
minutes, and then reappearing in another <|uartcr. . 
occasionally utters a loud, strong-, and singular 
resembling the word cliirr-nq), dwelling long 
strongly on the first syllable ; and so loud, that ^ 
firet mistook it for the red bird (1. cardimdix.') R j 
also another chant, rather more musical, like “ | 
William, Sweet William,” much softi'r than the 
Though I cannot positively say, from my own obs* 
tions, that it builds in Pennsylvania, and have 
yet been so fortunate as to find its nest ; yet, | 
circumstance of having several times observed it 
a quarter of a mile of the Schuylkill, in the mono^j 
August, I have no doubt that some few breed heiCj^.^,,,- , 
think it highly probable that Pennsylvania an'l | 
York may be the northern boundaries of their 
having sought for it in vain among the States ot 
England. Its food appears to consist of those iq* ^ J, 
and their larvie, that frequent low, damp caves, pd‘ ^£. 
dead timber, old roots, projecting banks of creeks 
It certainly possesses the faculty of seeing in the J 
better than day birds usually do ; for I liave 
it exploring tbe recesses of caves, where a good 
eye must have been necessary to enable it to distiUo 
its prey. , fiii* 
lu tiic southern States, as well as in Louisiaun> 
species is generally resident ; though in summer 
are more numerous, and are found rather farther • 
