of the District of Montreal. 1S7 



to the auriculars is accompanied by a white one below it ; wings 

 and tail dusky edged with yellow olive ; inner vanes of the pri- 

 maries and secondaries whitish ; greater and smaller wing coverts 

 tipped with white, edged in the former with brown, forming two 

 white wing bars ; tail long subfurcate. Female much more dusky 

 and dull whitish beneath. Length 4 to 4J inches ; alar breadth 

 7 J to 8 inches. — {Condensed from Nuttall.') 



Genus Troglotides. 

 Gen. char. Bill slender, subulate, not so much compressed as 

 in the last, slightly curved ; nostrils basal, oval, half closed by a 

 membrane ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; inner toe free ; 

 nail of the hind toe longest; wings short and rounded ; 4th and 

 5th primaries subequal and longest. 



T.fulvus. House Wren. 



T. cedon of Audubon ! and Baird ! 



Sylvia domestica of Wilson ! 



Sylvia fulva of Latham ! 



T. cedon ^ Baird ! 

 Y.s.p. Upper mandible brown ; lower one, legs and feet pale, 

 inclining to yellow ; eggs 10 to 18, white, with a few reddish 

 spots. 



Dorsal aspect. Brown, darkest on the head, and except on 

 this place and the neck, barred with dusky ; primaries and se- 

 condaries clove brown, the latter barred with dusky and rufous 

 brown, the former with clove brown and white on the outer vanes 

 only; tail cuneiform, rufous brown with 9 to 10 dusky bars, 

 white taking the place of brown on the outer vane of the lateral 

 feathers. 



Ventral aspect. Brownish-grey, barred on the vent, flanks and 

 tail coverts with blackish and brownish-white. A streak of the 

 ventral colour passes from the nostril over the eye, and terminates 

 behind the auriculars ; spurious wing feathers long. 



2nd 3rd, and 4th primaries subequal, if anything the 2nd long- 

 est. Length 3| inches ; alar breadth 6 inches. 



T. Europoeus. Winter Wren. 



T. hyemalis of Viellot I 



Sylvia troglotides of Wilson ! 



T. (anorihura) hyemalis. Baird ! 



v.s.p. Upper mandible black ; lower one, legs and feet pale ; 

 irides deep hazel ; eggs 10 to 18, white spotted with red. 



