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Dorsal aspect. Rufous brown, darker on head and neck, and 

 numerously barred with dusky except in these two situations. On 

 the sides of the neck, and among the wing coverts, a few white 

 tips to the feathers may be seen ; wings and tail like the last. 



Ventral aspect. Throat and breast rufous brown, with indi- 

 cations of bars of a deeper tint ; belly, vent, and tail feathers deep 

 brown, barred with a lighter shade ; spurious wing feathers 

 long. 



3rd and 4th primaries equal ; 2nd and 5th equal ; 1st and 7th 

 equal. Dimensions same as the last. 



T. Parkmanni. Parkman's Wren. 

 T. Parkmanni. Baird. 



Y.s.p. Bill, upper mandible horn colour, and slightly curved ; 

 lower one whitish underneath; irides black; tarsi brownish, 

 coloured with seven distinct scutelse; eggs unknown. 



Dorsal aspect. Prevailing tint reddish-brown, the dorsal feathers 

 tipped with white ; tail of the same hue, rounded, composed of 

 12 feathers with 12 bars of dusky black, the outer vanes of the 

 lateral ones with spots of whitish. 



Ventral aspect. Prevailing tint on throat and breast greyish, 

 with faint barrings of umber brown ; abdomen greyish- white ; 

 hinder tail coverts whitish, barred with dusky black. 



Length from tip of bill to extremity of tail, 4|- inches ; alar ex- 

 panse 5 inches. 1st primary half the length of the second, thus 

 giving the wing a rounded appearance. The tail is also rounded. 



A specimen of this beautiful wren was shot in the vicinity of 

 this city by Mr. Hunter, Taxidermist to the Natural History So- 

 ciety, during the spring of 1861. It is now a specimen in the 

 cabinet of the Society. 



Qenus Anthus. 

 Gen. char. Bill straight, slender, subulate from beyond the 

 nostrils ; upper mandible slightly notched near the tip ; nostrils 

 half closed by a membrane, basal and lateral ; hind claw longer 

 than the toe; 4th primary and 2nd scapular equal ; 2nd and c'rd 

 primaries longest. 



A. spinoletta. Brown Lark. — Shore Pepit. 

 A. aquaticus of Audubon ! 

 Alan da rufa of Wilson ! 

 A, Ludovicianus. Baird ? 

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



