Plate LXXXIII. 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-coverts, 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, tipped 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_, 4-1/2, 5-1/2.
From Maryland to Nova Scotia, and across the continent to the Columbia
River. Very abundant. Migratory.
House Wren, Sylvia domestica, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 129.
Troglodytes ædon, Bonap. Syn. p. 92.
House Wren, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 422.
Troglodytes ædon, House Wren, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v.
ii. p. 316.
House Wren, Troglodytes ædon, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 427; v.
v. p. 470.