ch as but few birds can
produce.

The Catbird nests in bushes and thickets laying 3-5 greenish blue eggs
in May.

BROWN THRASHER

_Toxostoma rufum. Case 4, Fig. 82; Case 6, Fig. 72_

Tail and bill much longer than in the Thrushes;
white wing-bars; eye pale yellow. L. 11-1/2.

_Range._ Nests from Florida and Louisiana to
Canada; winters from North Carolina and SE.
Missouri to Florida and Texas.

Washington, very common S.R., Apl. 8-Oct.;
occasionally winters. Ossining, common S.R., Apl.
22-Oct. 28. Cambridge common S.R., Apl. 36-Oct.
20. N. Ohio, common S.R., Apl. 6-Oct. 15. Glen
Ellyn, common S.R., Apl. 9-Oct. 11. SE. Minn.,
common S.R., Apl. 15-Oct. 7.

In the wealth of new experiences and awakened associations which crowd
the bird-lover's days in April and May, none stands out more clearly in
my memory than the first Thrasher's song.

The rich, distinctly enunciated notes ring loud and clear above all
other songs as the bird from some tree-top gives his musical message to
the world. The performance concluded he returns to the undergrowth
whence one may hear his explosive, whistled _wheeu_ or sharp kissing
note. The nest is built in bushy growths or on the ground in May. The
3-6 eggs are grayish white finely speckled with reddish brown.

WRENS. FAMILY TROGLODYTIDAE

CAROLINA WREN

_Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus. Case 4. Fig. 64_

Largest and most brightly colored of our Wrens.
Note the buff or whitish line over the eye. L.
5-1/2.

_Range._ Gulf States north to Connecticut and
Iowa; non-migratory. The Florida Wren (_T. l.
miamensis_) a slightly larger, more richly colored
form, inhabits Florida from Palatka southward.

Washington, common P.R. Cambridge, rare or casual.
N. Ohio, tolerably common P.R.

The Carolina Wren is a bird of the woods, whose loud, musical whistles
are among the most conspicuous of southern bird notes. They suggest
those of both the Cardinal and Tufted Titmouse, but are more varied in
character. A common scolding call is recognizably wren-like, while
another suggests a tree-toad's _krrring_. The nest is built in holes, in
April. The 4-6 eggs are white with numerous reddish brown and lavender
markings.

BEWICK'S WREN

_Thryomanes bewicki bewicki_