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Range (Florida from Pasco and Brevard)

Florida, from Pasco and Brevard Counties southward. 719. Thryothorus bewickii (Aud.). BEWICK'S WREN. Ad.- Upper parts dark cinnamon-brown; feathers of the rump with concealed, downy white spots; primaries not barred; central tail-feathers barred; outer ones black, tipped with grayish; a white line over the eye; under parts grayish white; flanks brownish. L., 5.00; W., 2.30; T., 2·10; B., 50. Range." Eastern United States, rare and local east of Alleghanies and north of 40°; west to edge of Great Plains; winters in more southern districts (Georgia to eastern Texas)" (Ridgw.). Washington, rare T. V., may winter, Apl. 4 to 22; Nov. 24 to Dec. 22. Nest, resembles that of T. aëdon; location the same. Eggs, four to six, white, speckled with cinnamon-, rufous-brown, or lavender, evenly, or in a wreath at the larger end, 66 × 50. "No bird more deserves the protection of man than Bewick's'