HIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. (uM 



THRYOPHILUS SINALOA RUSSEUS Nelson. 

 RUSSET WREN. 



Siiuihir to 7'. .■. sinaloa^ but coloration decidedly duiker and richer, 

 the back, etc., deep russet-brown, upper tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous 

 or lio-ht chestnut, flanks between isal)ella color and raw-umber. 



Adult /;/(/A. Length (skins), 13o-13T (13;")); wing, 62-64 (63.2); 

 tail, 49-51 (50); exposed culmen, 16-16.5 (16.3); tarsus, 22-22.5 (22.3); 

 middle toe, 14-14.5 (14.3). " 



Adult female. — Length (skins). 124-130 (127); wing, 55.5; tail. 

 41.5-42.5 (42); exposed culmen, 15.5-lT (16.2); tarsus, 20.5-21.5 (21); 

 middle toe. 13-14.5 (13.7). '' 



Southwestern Mexico, in State of Uuerrero ( Acahuit/otla). 



Thri/nphil ii.'< sinaloa russeus 'N'EXjSoy, Proo. Biol. Soc. Wasli., xvi, Nuv. 30, 1U03, 157 

 (Acahuitzotla, (Tiierroro; coll. I'. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



THRYOPHILUS GALBRAITHII GALBRAITHII i Lawrence). 

 GALBRAITHS WREN. 



Adults {se.i'es alike). — Pileum, hintlneck, back, scapulars, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts plain brown (nearest raw-umber) duller (between 

 raw-umber and broccoli brown) on pileum, brighter (nearly russet) on 

 rump and upper tail-coverts; tail clear russet broadly barred with 

 black; wings intermediate in color between color of back and tail, tlis- 

 tinctly barred with black, the greater coverts more narrowly and less 

 distinctly l)arred, the middle and lesser coverts plain brown, or the 

 former with very narrow and indistinct bars or faintx indications of 

 bar.s; a rather narrow but distinct superciliary strijjc of white; a rather 

 narrow but distinct postocular stripe of grayish brown (broccoli), 

 occupying upper portion of auricidar region; lores, suborbital region, 

 and auricular region (except upper portion) dull white, the last some- 

 times narrowly and indistinctly streaked with grayish brown; malar 

 region, chin, and upper throat (sometimes whole throat) white or buffy 

 wliitc^; chest and breast light ochi'ac(^ous-buff (sometimes decidedly 

 paler, in worn plumage approaching buli'y white), deepening on sides. 

 Hanks, lower al)domen, anal region, and under tsiil-coverts into deep 

 tawny-hutf or tawny-ochraceous. tlie luuler tail-coverts without trace 

 of bars or other markings;'' maxilla dusky horn color with paler 

 toniia; mandil)l(> pale grayish iioni color (in dried skins); legs and 

 feet dusky brown or blackish (in dried skins). 



Ynuiie/. — Very similar in coloration to adults, biu bars on wings 

 and tail duller l)lack or duskv, brown postocular streak and white 



« Three specimens. 

 ^Two specimens. 



'In one young example 1 lind a single dn.-iky spot iieai- ti|i of tin- two longist 

 coverts. 



