st in crevices or caves among the rocks, placing
their nests in small niches; they are made of twigs, leaves, grasses and
feathers, and the three to six eggs, which are laid from April to June
according to locality, are white, sprinkled and blotched with reddish
brown and lilac. Size .72 x .52.

717b. DOTTED CANON WREN. _Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus._

Range.--Pacific coast from Oregon to Lower California.

The habits and eggs of this coast form of the White-throated Wren do not
vary in any particular from those of the preceding variety.

718. CAROLINA WREN. _Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus._

Range.--Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf to southern New
England and Illinois; resident in the greater part of its range.

These loud-voiced songsters are well known in the south where they are
very abundant, being found along banks of streams, in thickets, along
walls, or about brush heaps. They nest in almost any suitable nook or
corner, in hollow trees or stumps, bird boxes, about buildings, and in
brush or bushes. When in exposed positions, the nest, which is made of
all sorts of trash, is arched over; the eggs, which are laid from March
to June, and frequently later, as several broods are sometimes reared in
a season, are white, profusely specked with light reddish brown and
purplish. Size .74 x .60.

718a. FLORIDA WREN. _Thryothorus ludovicianus miamensis._

Range.--Southern Florida.

A similar bird to the last but darker above and brighter below. Its eggs
are not distinguishable from those of the last.

718b. LOMITA WREN. _Thryothorus ludovicianus lomitensis._

Range.--Southern Texas.

This sub-species is abundant along the Lower Rio Grande in southern
Texas, where its habits are the same as those of the others and the eggs
are not distinctive.

[Illustration 427: Carolina Wren.]
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: 717a--719a.]
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719. BEWICK'S WREN. _Thryomanes bewicki bewicki._

Range.--South Atlantic and Gulf States, and the Mississippi Valley north
to Minnesota and locally to the Middle States in the east.

This species is not common on the Atlantic coast but in the interior it
is the most abundant of the Wrens, nesting in holes in trees, stumps,
fences, bird boxes, tin cans, etc., filling the cavities with grass and
rootlets. Their eggs are laid in the latter part of April or May; they
are white, specked and usually wreathe