51)0 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



TROGLODYTES OCHRACEUS Ridgway. 

 IRAZTJ WREN. 



Advlts {sexes alike). — Above plain tawny brown (between mummy 

 brown and russet), approaching- deep russet on pileum, the rump with- 

 out distinct concealed spots of paler; wing-coverts and secondaries 

 similar in color to back, etc., the greater coverts sometimes with ver}^ 

 faint, narrow bars of dark grayish, the secondaries Avith more distinct 

 bars of dusky; primaries lighter and more Iniffy brown, more bi'oadly 

 and distinctl}^ barred with dusky; tail more grayish bro\vn, narrowl}^ 

 and more or less irregularly barred with dusky; a broad and conspic- 

 uous superciliary stripe of ochraceous-buff or light tawny-ochraceous; 

 a l)road postocular streak, occupying upper portion of auricular region, 

 tawny-brown; rest of auricular region, suborbital region, and malar 

 region ochraceous-buff or light tawny-ochraceous, the chin and upper 

 throat similar but slightly paler; lower throat and chest paler ochra- 

 ceous-buff, passing into duller or more brownish buff' on sides, the 

 flanks deep brownish buff or wood })rown; breast and abdomen buffy 

 white, the lower abdomen more strongly tinged with buff'; under tail- 

 coverts brownish buff', tipped with buffy white and barred with 

 dusky; maxilla dusky horn color, with paler tomia; mandible paler 

 horn color, more or less extensively paler on lower basal portion; 

 legs and feet pale yellowish brown (in dried skins). 



Yoimg. — Similar to adults, but under tall-coverts immaculate brown- 

 ish buff' and feathers of chest very faintly margined at tips with 

 dusky. 



Adult ?/?aZ^.— Length (skins), 95.5-101 (99); wing, 46-47.5 (46.8); 

 tail, 30-33.5 (31.3); exposed culmen, 13.5-14 (13.8); tarsus, 17.5-18 

 (17.6); middle toe, 11-11.5 (11. 3). « 



Adult /<?mrt/(?.— Length (skin), 100; wing,* 46; tail, 31.5; exposed 

 culmen, 13.5; tarsus, 17.5; middle toe, 11.'' 



High mountains of Costa Kica (Volcan de Irazu) and Chiriqui 

 (Boquete, Volcan de Chiriqui, 4,000 to 4,500 feet). 



Troglodytes solslilmUs (not of Sclater) Salvin and Godmax, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, i, 1880, 102, part (Costa Rica; Colombia ?).—Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., VI, 1881, 260, part (Costa Rica; Antioquia, Colombia?). 



Tragi odytes{f) odirarens Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, sig. 21, Mar. 10, 

 1882, 334 (Volcan de Irazu, Costa Rica, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Troglodytes ochraceus Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 3; Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus , viii, 1885, 105 (Costa Rica), Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 

 1887, 106.— Reich ENOW and Schalow. Journ. fur Orn., 1884, 430 (reprint of 

 orig. descr. ).— Bang.s, Proc. New Engl. Zool Club, iii, 1902, 53 (Boquete, 

 Chiriqui, 4,000 to 4,500 ft. alt. ).— Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x.wii, 

 1904, 200 (crit.). 



« Three specimens, from Boquete, Chiriqui. 

 ''One specimen, from Boquete. 



