. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. Mi; "i' f:'.'. If' ^ P] CAROLINA WKEN. MOCKING WREN. TlIRVOlHORUS LUDOVICIANUS. Char. Above, reddish brown, with fine black bars ; below, tawny buff ; long line over the eye white or buff ; wings and tail with dark bars Lengtli 5/2 to 6 inches. A'c's/. In any available hole, often ni hollow tree, sometimes in brush heap, usually in the woods ; composed of grass, leaves, etc., sometimes fastened with corn-silk, lined with feathers, grass, or horse-hair. ^-Xlif^- 3~6; whi
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. Mi; "i' f:'.'. If' ^ P] CAROLINA WKEN. MOCKING WREN. TlIRVOlHORUS LUDOVICIANUS. Char. Above, reddish brown, with fine black bars ; below, tawny buff ; long line over the eye white or buff ; wings and tail with dark bars Lengtli 5/2 to 6 inches. A'c's/. In any available hole, often ni hollow tree, sometimes in brush heap, usually in the woods ; composed of grass, leaves, etc., sometimes fastened with corn-silk, lined with feathers, grass, or horse-hair. ^-Xlif^- 3~6; white, with pink (jr buff tint, thickly speckled around larger end with reddish brown ; X This remarkable mimicking and Musical Wren is a constant resident in the Southern States from Virginia to Florida, but is rarely seen at any season north of the line of Maryland or Delaware, though, attracted by the great river-courses, it is abundant from Pittsburg to New Orleans. A few individuals stray, in the course of the spring, as far as the line of New York, and appear in New Jersey and the vicinity of Philadel- phia early in the month of Aray. On the lyth of April, re- turning from a Southern tour of great extent, I again recognized my old and pleasing acquaintance, by his usual note, near Chester, on the Delaware, where, I have little doubt, a few remain and pass the summer, retiring to the South only !â ,'). ^ 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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