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tree, and lined with a matted mass of rabbit fur, stuck 

 full of feathers, chiefly of the Carolina Dove. The eggs 

 were not found, but probably resemble those of Bewick's 

 Wren ; these are seven to nine in number, white, speckled 

 with various shades of brown, chiefly at the larger end, 

 and measure "66 x '50. 



Ridgway has included most of the Colorado refer- 

 ences to Bewick's Wren under the Texan subspecies 

 {T. h. cryptus), but the examples which I have examined 

 from Colorado Springs and from Holly certainly appear 

 to belong to the greyer race, T. h. eremophilus of Ridgway 's 

 "Birds of Middle North America," T. b. hairdi of the 

 last CheckUst. 



Genus TROGLODYTES. 



Very small— wing under 2-5 ; tail shorter than the wing, but alwayg 

 more than three-quarters of its length ; outer and inner toes about 

 equal to one another; plumage, including tail, finely barred with dusky. 



A genus with niunerous species found throughout temperate and 

 tropical America ; one species only in the United States forming two 

 local races. 



Western House-Wren. Troglodytes aedon parkmani. 



A.O.U. Checklist no 721a— Colorado Records— Baird 58, p. 367 

 Allen 72, pp. 148, 155, 174 ; Aiken 72, p. 196 ; Trippe 74, p. 231 

 Henshaw 75, p. 184 ; Tresz 81, p. 285 ; Allen & Brewster 83, p. 155 

 Drew 85, p. 15 ; Beckham 85, p. 141 ; Morrison 86, p. 153 ; Kellogg 

 90, p. 89 ; H. G. Smith 93, p. 244 ; Miller 94, p. 24 ; Lowe 94, p. 269 ; 

 McGregor 97, p. 39 ; Cooke 97, pp. 19, 120, 121 ; Dille 03, p. 74 ; Hen- 

 derson 03, p. 237 ; 09, p. 240 ; Warren 06, p. 24 ; 08, p. 25 ; 09, p. 17 ; 

 Markman 07, p. 158 ; Rockwell 08, p. 178. 



Description. — Adult — Above cinnamon-brown, brighter posteriorly ; 

 the back, wings, scapulars and tail narrowly cross-barred with dusky ; 

 eyebrow paler, but rather indistinct ; below very pale brown, the sides, 

 flanks and under tail-coverts more or less distinctly barred with 

 blackish ; iris brown, bill brown, paler on the lower mandible ; legs 

 brov/n. Length 4-5 ; wing 2-20 ; tail 1-90 ; culmen -45 ; tarsus -60. 



The sexes are alike ; a young bird with the tail not full-grown is 

 rather darker than the adult, and has less dusky barring on the back, 

 while below it is a good deal more mottled with dusky. 



