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BEWICK’S WREN. 
Troglodytes Bewickii, Audi. 
PLATE CXVIIL— Male. 
The bird represented under the name of Bewick’s Wren I shot on the 
19th October, 1821, about five miles from St. Francisville, in the State of 
Louisiana. It was standing as nearly as can be represented in the posi- 
tion in which you now see it, and upon the prostrate trunk of a tree not 
far from a fence. My drawing of it was made on the spot. Another in- 
dividual was shot a few days after, by a young friend, Joseph It. Mason, 
who accompanied me on my rambles. In the month of November 1829, I 
had the pleasure of meeting with another of the same species, about fifteen 
miles from the place above mentioned, and as it was near the house 
at which I was then on a visit, I refrained from killing it, in order to 
observe its habits. For several days, during which I occasionally saw it, 
it moved along the bars of the fences, with its tail generally erect, 
looking from the bar on which it stood towards the one next above, and 
caught spiders and other insects, as it ran along from one panel of the 
fence to another in quick succession, now and then uttering a low twitter , 
the only sound which I heard it emit. It occasionally hopped sidewise, 
now with its head towards me, and again in the contrary direction, 
at times descending to the ground, to inspect the lower bar, but only for 
a few moments. At other times, it would fly to a peach or apple-tree 
close to the fence, ascend to its top branches, always with hopping move- 
ments, and, as if about to sing, would for an instant raise its head, and 
lower its tail, but without giving utterance to any musical notes. It 
would then return to the fence, and continue its avocations as already 
described. I shot the bird, and have it preserved in spirits. 
In shape, colour and movements, it nearly resembles the Great Carolina 
Wren, and the House Wren. It has not, however, the quickness of motion, 
nor the liveliness, of either of these birds. 
For the following observations regarding this species I am indebted to my 
friend Dr. Bachman. “ In the month of July 1835, when on a visit to the 
mountains of Virginia, I heard at the Salt Sulphur Springs the note of a 
Wren that I did not recognise as that of any of our known species. On 
procuring the bird I ascertained it to be the Bewick’s Wren. There were a 
