Bill more slender than that of the last, nearly as long as the head, slightly arched; wing very short, with the fifth quill longest, but little exceeding the fourth and sixth; tail rather long, graduated. Upper parts dusky brown tinged with grey; lower greyish-white, the sides tinged with brown; a band of yellowish-white from the upper mandible over the eye to half-way down the neck; quills and wing-coverts barred with dusky, as are the tail-coverts and two middle tail-feathers; outer web of the lateral tail-feathers, and the terminal portions of the others whitish, barred with black, their middle parts black, toward the base barred with reddish-brown. _Male_, 5, 6-1/2. From Louisiana to Columbia River on the one hand, and to Pennsylvania on the other, principally on high grounds. Not very common. Migratory. Bewick's Wren, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 434. Bewick's Wren, Troglodytes Bewickii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 96; v. v. p. 467. 119. 4. Troglodytes Americanus, Aud. Wood-Wren. Plate CLXXIX. Male. Bill of moderate length, nearly straight; wings short, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills almost equal, the fourth longest; tail rather long, much rounded. Upper parts dark reddish-brown, duller and tinged with grey on the head, indistinctly barred with dusky; lower parts brownish-grey, faintly barred on the fore neck, breast, and sides, the abdomen and lower tail-coverts distinctly barred; feathers of the cheeks light grey tipped with brown, wings and tail undulatingly banded with blackish-brown. _Male_, 4-7/8, 6-3/4. Northern parts of Vermont and Maine, during summer. Winters in South Carolina. Not very rare. Wood-Wren, Troglodytes Americana. Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 452; v. v. p. 469. 120. 5. Troglodytes ædon, Vieill. House-Wren. 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.