45. BROWN THRASHER. 11-1/4 in.

(Toxostoma rufum. 705.)

Bright rusty red; white below, much streaked; long bill and long, sweeping tail; song, loud, bold and varied; about bushes. [Fox Sparrow.]

46. HOUSE WREN. 5 in.

(Troglodytes aedon. 721.)

Brown, barred with darker; below grayish, tinged with brown, also barred; rusty-colored tail, two inches long; remarkable song. [Other Wrens.]

47. BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. 5 in.

(Polioptila cærulea. 751.)

Blue-gray; white beneath; long tail edged with white; male has a black line over eye; fidgety, never long in a place; wheezy song. [Black-throated Blue Warbler.] [Cerulean Warbler.]

48. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 7 in.