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T/iryolkorus martinicensU Sclatee, Proc. Zoul. Soc. Lond., 18()6, 321 (Martiniijue, 

 Lesser Antilles; coll. P. L. Sclater). — Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 

 1879, 352 (habits; crit.), 486.— Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 228.— 

 Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 23; iv, 1887, 95; Birds W. I., 1889, 37; Cat. W. I. Birds, 

 1892, 18, 120, 133. 



\_Thryothorus\ martinicensis Sclater and Salvin, Noni. Av. Neotr., 1873, 7. — 

 Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 7. 



[Troglodytes] martinicensis Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 191, no. 2619. 



Troglodytes martinicensis Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, 1904, 209 

 (crit). 



TROGLODYTES RUFESCENS (Lawrence). 



DOMINICAN WREN. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Above deep chestnut-brown (between burnt- 

 umber and Vandyke), the back and scapulars sometimes showing very 

 indistinct narrow bars of darker; wing-coverts, secondaries, and tail 

 rather duller chestnut-brown, narrowly barred with dusky; primaries 

 dusk}', their outer webs spotted or broadly barred with brown; an 

 indistinct superciliary stripe of light russet or buffy cinnamon; rest of 

 sides of head similar l)ut more or less obscured by indistinct brownish 

 streaking, the upper portion of the auricular region with brown pre- 

 vailing; under parts deep buff-tawny, or between cinnamon and cina- 

 mon-rufous, sliohtly paler on chin, throat, and center of al)domen, 

 deeper (cinnamon-rufous) on flanks; under tail-coverts broadly barred 

 with dusky; maxilla brownish black or dusky horn color, with paler 

 tomia; mandible dull 3'ellowish (in dried skins); legs and feet light 

 brownish or horn color. 



Youjig. — Similar to adults, l)ut upper parts darker and duller brown 

 (vandyke), and feathers of under parts of body (especiall}' the flanks) 

 narrowly margined with dusky. 



Adult male.—hength. (skins), 118-126 (120.(3); wing, 51-52..5 (51.5); 

 tail, 37.5-40 (38.8); exposed culmen, 1.5-16 (15.3); tarsus, 19.5-20 

 (19.8); middle toe, 13-14.5 (13.8). « 



Island of Dominica, Lesser Antilles. 



Thryotliors rufescens Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., i, Oct., 1877, 47 

 (Dominica, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 i, 1878, 54 (Dominica; (descr. nest), 486, part (Dominica). — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 228.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 24, part (Dominica); 

 Birds \V. I., 1889, 38; Cat. AV. I. Birds, 1892, 18, 120, part (Dominica).— 

 Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 326 (Dominica). 



[Thryothorus'] ra/escens Cory, List Birds W. L, 1885, 7, part (Dominica). 



Troglodytes rufescens Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, no. 1354, Jan. 

 23, 1904, "210 (crit.). 



"Three specimens. No females seen by me, most of the specimens examined 

 having sex undetermined. 



