North American fauna . in area in Frederick and WashingtonCounties on January 2, 1954; 5 in Garrett County on December31, 1954. Banding.—One banded in southeastern Massachusetts on Oc-tober 10, 1940, was recovered in Somerset County on April 8,1941. BEWICKS WREN Thryomanes bewkkii (Audubon) Status.—Breeding (see fig. 41) : Fairly common in the westernpart of the Ridge and Valley section (east to Indian Springs) ;uncommon in the Allegheny Mountain section and in the easternpart of the Ridge and Valley section; casual in the Piedmontsection—found nesting near Cooksville, Howard County, in 1949(D


North American fauna . in area in Frederick and WashingtonCounties on January 2, 1954; 5 in Garrett County on December31, 1954. Banding.—One banded in southeastern Massachusetts on Oc-tober 10, 1940, was recovered in Somerset County on April 8,1941. BEWICKS WREN Thryomanes bewkkii (Audubon) Status.—Breeding (see fig. 41) : Fairly common in the westernpart of the Ridge and Valley section (east to Indian Springs) ;uncommon in the Allegheny Mountain section and in the easternpart of the Ridge and Valley section; casual in the Piedmontsection—found nesting near Cooksville, Howard County, in 1949(D. H. Mcintosh), and at Millers, Carroll County, in 1954 ( Worthley). Transient: Uncommon in the Ridge and Valley,and Allegheny Mountain sections; rare in the Piedmont section;casual in the Western Shore, Upper Chesapeake, and EasternShore sections—1 collected in Prince Georges County on April 8,1944 (Stewart, et al., 1952), 1 seen in Baltimore County on Z34 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA 62, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. LEGENDVy/^X Principal Range• Local Record Figure 41.—Breeding range of Bewicks Wren. April 16, 1950 (E. Willis), 1 seen in Worcester County on April 3,1948 (S. H. Low). Summer vagrant: Rare and irregular in thePiedmont section. Wintering: Casual—recorded in WorcesterCounty in 1953 (J. E. Knudson), in Caroline County in 1954-55(Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fletcher), in Baltimore County in 1953-54(Worthley, 1954), in Montgomery County in 1954 (S. W. Simon,R. P. Dubois), and in the District of Columbia in 1890 (C. ). Habitat.—Various edge habitats in the vicinity of farm housesor in towns. Nesting season.—Late April to mid-July. Extreme egg dates(8 nests) : April 30, 1890, in Washington County (G. H. Gray)and June 26, 1907, in Allegany County (F. C. Kirkwood). Ex-treme nestling dates (10 nests) : May 12, 1907 (young left nest),and July 13, 1907, both in Allegany County (F. C. Kirkwood). Spring migration.—Normal period: March 25-April 5 to April25-May 5


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