BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 557 



TJminthonis hcwlckii hairdi (not TIn-ijothurvx hninll Salvia and Godman) Gos.s, 

 Auk, iii, ISSC), 115 (s. w. Kansas; resident). 



Thvuothorus beivickii bam1llllVo^\'A\', Froc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. 2,J885, 

 054 part — Amkricax Oknithologists' Union, Check List, 188<i, no. 719/a, 

 part.-H.vNcocK, Bull. Ki.l^'w. Orn. Clnl>, no. 2, 188", 22 (near Corpus 

 Christi, Texas, breedin-; n..tes).-CooKic, Bird Mif^r. Miss. Val., 1888, 271 

 (s. w. Kanscis).-HASHRorr.v, Auk, vi, 1889, 240 (Eastland Co., Texas).— 

 Goss, Hist. Birds Kansas, 1891, 611 (s. w. and middle Kansa.s; resident).— 

 A'rrwATER, Auk, ix, 1892, 343 (San Antonio, Texas; resident; nesting 

 habits).— Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 348 (Refugio Co., Texas; resident). 



niminil'orm'] horirkii hairdi Ridgway, INIan. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 551, part. 



Thniothnrm borickn bairdii Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 297 (Tom Green and Concho 

 counties, Texas; resident). 



TImiothorm bewkki murinas (not Tlmjothoms marine Ilartlaub) RincavAY, Auk, 

 "iv, Oct., 1887, 350, part (crit.).— Beckham, Broc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 

 691 (Corpus Christi, etc., Texas; habits). 



Thryomanes hemckii cr(/p<u« Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, no. llo3, 

 Nov. 19, 1898, 425 (San Antonio, Texas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.).— American 

 Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xviii, 1901, 301 (check list no. 719c) . 



T[hrijomam-s] blewickii] awtus Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 

 1902, 447. 



THRYOMANES BEWICKII EREMOPHILUS Oberholser. 

 DESERT WREN. 



Similar to T. Ik eryptux, but decidedly oniyer above (hair brown, 

 approaching broccoli brown in some winter .specimens); upper tail- 

 covcrts and middle rcctrices clearer gray; under parts still whiter, the 

 sides more faintly tinged with brownish gray, the under tail-coverts 

 more purely white and narrowly l)arred with black; wing and tail 

 slightly longer, bill decidedly longer, middle toe shorter. 



%hdt /y^«^.— Length (skins), 120-18r,.5 (128.S); wing, 55.5-61 (.57.7); 

 tail, 55-64 (5S.2); exposed culmen, 14-15 (14.8); tarsus, 18-11) (18.5); 

 middle toe, 11-12 (11.4).« 



AduU female.— luexxgih (skins), 114..5-129 (120.6); wing, 51.5-57.5 

 (54.7); tail, 51-59 (55.2); exposed culmen, 13.5-15.5 (14.3); tarsus, 

 17-19 (18.4); middle toe, 10-12 (11.3).« 



Extreme western portions of Texas (to central parts in winter) and 

 westward through New INIexico and Arizona to desert region of south- 

 eastern California {Resting Spring; White Mountains; Argus Moun- 

 tains; Furnace Creek; Di'ath Valley); north to .southern Nevada (St. 

 Thomas), southern Utah (Santa Clara; To.iuerville; Washington; Iron 

 (^ity), and southwestern Colorado; south through States of Chihuahua, 

 DuVango (Durango City and rapas(iuiero, breeding), and Coahuila 

 (Saltillo, April; Sabinas, t)re<Mling) to central Zacatecas (Valparaiso 

 Mountains, December). 



Thnnlhom^ brwickii (not TrogludiitCH bnrlckH Audubon) Bairp, Rep. Pacitic R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 363, part (Los Nogales, Sonora) . 



« Ten specimens. 



