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APPENDIX. 



Compared with the European Wren, the general color 

 of the present species is more rufous beneath, the black and 

 white spots extend farther towards the breast. In the Eu- 

 ropean bird, the whole of the neck, breast, and anterior 

 part of the body, are greyish brown, and spotless. The 

 tips of both series of wing coverts in the present are marked 

 with a white dot, internally bordered by black : in the for- 

 eign species the dots on the greater wing coverts are scarcely 

 seen. The bill in the present is shorter and less curved, 

 the feet larger, but the tarsi nearly equal; the hind toe 

 much stronger. Wings two tenths of an inch longer than 

 in T. EuropcBus. 



The Winter Wren is found on the northern shores of 

 Lake Huron, and supposed by Dr. Richardson to breed in 

 the mountainous district between that lake and Hudson's 

 Bay, but is not known in the fur-countries. 



MARSH WREN. ( Troglodites palustris.) 



Was observed by Mr. Drummond on the eastern declivity 

 of the Rocky Mountains in the 55th parallel. 



RUBY-CROWNED WREN. 



(Regulus calendidus, Bonap. Nutt. Man. Orn. i. p. 415.) 



This beautiful and minute bird, was observed breeding 

 on the dreary and wintry coast of Labrador by Mr. Audu- 

 bon, inhabiting a country where the snow still remained on 

 north exposures nearly throughout the month of July ; yet, 

 in this secluded and cheerless desert, the warmly clad Ruby- 

 Crown was tuneful and content. Its song resembled that 

 of the Canary, but, as might be supposed from the diminu- 

 tive size of the minstrel, was more feeble and plaintive. 



