certhiantE. troglodytes. 
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mandible over the eye to half-way down the neck ; quills and wing- 
coverts barred with dusky, as are the tail-coverts and two middle tail- 
feathers ; outer web of the lateral tail-feathers, and the terminal 
portions of the others whitish, barred with black, their middle parts 
black, toward the base barred with reddish-brown. 
Male, 5, 6J. 
From Louisiana to Columbia River on the one hand, and to Pennsyl- 
vania on the other, principally on high grounds. Not very common. 
Migratory. 
Bewick’s Wren, Ntjtt. Man. v. i. p. 434. 
Bewick’s Wren, Troglodytes Bewickii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 96 ; v. v. p. 467. 
119. 4. Troglodytes Americanus, Aud. Wood-Wren. 
Plate CLXXIX. Male. 
Bill of moderate length, nearly straight ; wings short, with the third, 
fourth, and fifth quills almost equal, the fourth longest ; tail rather 
long’, much rounded. Upper parts dark reddish-brown, duller and 
^tinged with grey on the head, indistinctly barred with dusky; lower 
parts brownish-grey, faintly barred on the fore neck, breast, and sides, 
the abdomen and lower tail-coverts distinctly barred ; feathers of the 
cheeks light grey tipped with brown, wings and tail undulatingly 
banded with blackish-brown. 
Male, 4|, 6 |. 
Northern parts of Vermont and Maine, during summer. Winters 
in South Carolina. Not very rare. 
Wood-Wren, Troglodytes Americana, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 452 ; v. v. p. 469. 
120. 5. Troglodytes sedon, Vieill. House- Wren. 
Plate L XXXIII. Male, Female, and Young. 
Bill of moderate length, nearly straight, a little stouter than that of 
the last ; wings short, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills almost 
equal, the fourth longest ; tail rather short, much rounded. Upper 
parts dull reddish-brown, darker On the head, brighter on the tail-co- 
verts, indistinctly barred with dusky ; lower parts brownish-grey, 
faintly barred on the fore neck and breast, the sides, abdomen, and 
lower tail-coverts distinctly barred ; feathers of the cheeks grey, tip- 
ped with brown ; wings and tail undulatingly banded with blackish- 
brown. This species differs from the last in being considerably smaller, 
in having the bill shorter and stouter, the lower parts more tinged 
with brown ; but the colouring of the two is extremely similar. 
Male, 42, 62 . 
From Maryland to Nova Scotia, and across the continent to the Co- 
lumbia River. Very abundant. Migratory. 
