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INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 
occasionally imitating, in his way, the squalling of the 
crying child within, so that, like the Mocking Bird, all 
sounds if novel, contribute to his amusement. 
The Mimicking Wren is about 5| inches long, and 7 in alar dimen- 
sions. Above chesnut-brown, the wings and tail barred with dusky ; 
a streak of yellowish- white passes over the eye and descends to the 
sides of the neck ; below that, a streak of reddish brown extends from 
behind the eye to the shoulder. The chin is yellowish- white or pale 
gray, the rest of the body below is of a pale rust-color ; the vent 
white, barred with black. Wing-coverts minutely tipt with white. 
Legs and feet dusky flesh-color. Bill f of an inch long, with the 
upper mandible bluish-black, the lower lighter. Tail wedge-shaped, 
the 2 exterior feathers on each side § of an inch shorter. — As in the 
two preceding species, the feathers of the lower part of the back when 
parked appear below spotted with white, but broadly tipt above with 
reddish-brown. 
BEWICK’S WREN. 
: ( Troglodytes Bewickii , Audubon, pi. 18. Orn. Biog. i. p. 96.) 
Sp. Charact. — Chesnut-brown; beneath cinereous inclining to 
white ; stripe over the eye pale yellowish-brown ; tail long, and 
rounded, the lateral feathers spotted, and the external barred on 
the outer webs with black and white. 
For the discovery of this beautiful species of Wren, 
apparently allied to the preceding, with which it seems 
nearly to agree in size, we are indebted to the indefati- 
gable Audubon, in whose splendid work it is for the first 
time figured, almost with the spirit and animation of 
life itself. It was observed by its discoverer, towards the 
approach of winter, in the lower part of Louisiana. Its 
manners are very similar to those of other species, but 
instead of a song, at this season, it only uttered a low 
twitter. 
Length 5 inches, alar extent 6^. Wings slenderly barred with 
dusky. Tail long, the central feathers chesnut, barred with dusky, 
the rest nearly black, with the outer webs crossed with white. The 
