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certhiantE. troglodytes. 
secondary coverts with a small white spot near the tip tail-coverts 
and two middle tail-feathers barred with dusky ; the rest broadly tip- 
ped with pale 3 ^ellowish-redj undulated with dusky_, behind which is 
a broad band of brownish-black_, the remaining or basal part banded 
like the central feathers, the outer with four reddish-white spots or 
bars on the outer web, the intervals being brownish-black, and a spot 
of white on the inner web ; lower parts grejdsh- white, tinged with 
sienna, the sides inclining to yellowish-red ; lower tail-coverts barred 
with dusky. 
Female, 6, wing 2j^. 
Rocky Mountains and Columbia River. Abundant. Migratory. 
Troglodytes obsoleta, Say, Long’s Exped. 
Troglodytes obsoleta, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 6. 
Rocky Mountain Wren, Troglodytes obsoleta, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 435. 
Rock Wren, Troglodytes obsoletus, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 443. 
117. 2. Troglodytes ludovicianus, Bonap. Great Carolina 
Wren. 
Plate LXXVIIL Male and Female. 
Bill stouter than in the last, nearly as long as the head ; wing with 
the fourth and fifth quills longest ; tail much rounded ; upper parts 
brownish-red ; a j^ellowish-white streak over the eye, extending far 
down the neck, and edged above with dark brown ; a broader band of 
reddish-brown behind the eye ; quills, coverts, and tail barred with 
blackish-brown ; secondary and first row of small coverts tipped with 
white, shafts of the latter also white ; throat greyish -white, lower 
parts light reddish-bulF, deeper behind: lower tail-coverts white, 
barred with black. Female lighter above, tinged with grey beneath, 
without white on the wing-coverts. ** 
Male, 5^, 7h 
From Texas to New York, along the Atlantic coast. In the interior 
to the Missouri, and up the Ohio to Pittsburgh. Resident in the 
Southern States. Abundant. 
Great Carolina Wren, Certhia Caroliniana, Wins. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 61. 
Troglodytes ludovicianus, Bonap. Syn. p. 93. 
Great Carolina Mocking Wren, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 429. 
Great Carolina Wren, Troglodytes ludovicianus, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 399 ; a’. v. 
p. 466. 
118. 3. Troglodytes Bewickii, Aud. Bewick’s Wren. 
Plate XVIII. Male. 
Bill more slender than that of the last, nearly as long as the head, 
slightly arched ; wing very short, with the fifth quill longest, but 
little exceeding the fourth and sixth ; tail rather long, graduated. 
Upper parts dusky brown tinged with grey; lower greyish-white, the 
sides tinged with brown ; a band of yellowish-white from the upper 
