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laska; excl. syn. part) .—Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 146 (Iliuliuk 

 and Chernofski, Unalaska). — Nelson, Cruise of "Corwin" in 1881 (1883), 

 61 (St. George I.; Unalaska; habits). — American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 125, part. — Palmer (W. ), Avifauna Pribilof Is., 

 1899, 421 (St. George I.; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 



Anorthura troglodytes var. alascensis Coues, in Elliott's Affairs in Alaska, 1875, 173. 



Anorthura troglodytes . . . var. alascensis Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 50a. 



[Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemalis^ c. alascensis Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 

 33, part (synonymy). 



Alnorthura'\ t[roglodytes'] alascensis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 

 279, part. 



Troglodytes hyemalis var. alascensis Dall, Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., v, Apr., 1873, 26, 

 (Amaknak I.; Unalaska I.; habits); v, 1874, 273, part (Prybilof Islands). 



\_Troglodytes hyemalis^ var. alascensis Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 149. 



Troglodytes parvulus, var. alascensis Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Ilist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 157, part.— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 82 (St. 

 George I. ; descr. nest and eggs) . 



Troglodytes parvulus alascensis Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 20, 1883, 347. 



Olbiorchilus alascensis Oberholser, Auk, xix, Apr., 1902, 178.^American Orni- 

 thologists' Union Committee, Auk, xix, 1902, 330. 



OLBIORCHILUS MELIGERUS Oberholser. 

 ATTU WREN. 



Similar to O. alascensis, but larger, and coloration much duller; 

 brown of upper parts much duller and graj^er, the pileum grayish 

 sepia or dark hair brown, the rump, lower back, and posterior scapu- 

 lars indistinctly barred with dusk}^; color of throat, chest, etc., pale 

 Isabella color, and posterior under parts more heavily barred and 

 speckled with dusky, the markings darker than in 0. alascensis. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 112-118 (115); wing, 53-55 (54); tail, 

 31-35 (34); exposed culmen, 15; tarsus, 20; middle toe, 15.^' 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 113; wing, 51; tail, 32; exposed 

 culmen, 15; tarsus, 20; middle toe, 15.* 



Islands of Attn, Amchitka, Atka, and Kiska, western end of Aleu- 

 tian chain. 



Troglodytes Jiyemalis \aT. alascensis (not Troglodytes alascensis Baird) Dall, Proc. 

 Calif. Ac. Sci., v, 1874, 273, part (Attn and Amchitka islands, western 

 Aleutians). 



Trolodytes pan'ulus, var. alascensis Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 157, part. 



Troglodytes alascensis Stejneger, Zeitschr. ges. Orn., i, 1884, 11, part. — Turner, 

 Auk, ii, 1885, 157 (Nearer Islands, Aleutian chain, resident). — American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 723, part. 



T[roglodytcs'] alascensis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 555, part. 



Anorthura alascensis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 170, 215, part; 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 66, part.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 

 1881, 273, part (in synonymy). — American Ornithologists' Union Com- 

 mittee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 125, part. 



« Four specimens. &One specimen. 



