FAMILY TROGLODYTIDuE. WRENS AND THRASHERS. 



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U uderparts, distinctly brownish, dotted and speckled with brown on flanks and 

 abdomen; tail, 1.25 or less; primaries, with narrow bars. 



Winter Wren. 



Troglodytes hiemalis. 

 See No. 541. 



Part 2. The following species have the crown or back showing more 

 or less white streaks or dots : 



Rump and upper tail coverts, barred with black ; 



bill, shorter than middle toe (without claw) . 



Short-billed Harsh Wren. 



Cistothorus stellaris. 

 See No. 542. 



Rump and tail coverts, without black bars ; 



bill, longer than middle toe (without 

 claws) . 



Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



Cistothorus palustris and varieties. 

 See No. 543. 



