236 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. tol. 55. 



Geographic distribution. — Western North America. Breeds north 

 lo western Alberta, northern British Cohimbia, and Prince William 

 Sound, Alaska; west to the Pacific coast of southeastern Alaska, 

 British Columbia, Washington, and California ; south to central Cali- 

 fornia, central Oregon, and southern Idaho; and east to western 

 Montana and western Alberta. Winters south to southern Cali- 

 fornia, southern Arizona, and southern New Mexico. 



NANNUS TROGLODYTES HIEMALIS (Vieillot). 



Troglodytes hiemalis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 34, 1819, p. 514 



(Nova Scotia and New Yorli). 

 Troglodytes parvulus, var. americanus Naumann, Naturg. Yog. Deutschl,, 

 vol. 3, 1823, p. 724 (table). 



Suhspecific characters. — Similar to Nannus troglodytes paci-ftcus, 

 hut paler above, and posteriorly more distinctly barred; lower parts 

 also much paler and duller. 



Measurements. — Male:^ wing, 45-50 (average, 47.C) mm.; tail, 

 28-32 (30.3) ; exposed culmen, 10-11.2 (10.7) ; tarsus, 18-19.5 (18.5) ; 

 middle toe without claw, 12-13 (12.8). 



Female: 2 wing, 40-47 (average, 44.8) mm.; tail, 25-30 (27.8) ; ex- 

 posed culmen, 10.1-11.2 (10.7) ; tarsus, 17-18.5 (17.8) ; middle toe 

 without claw, 11-13 (12). 



Type-locality. — Nova Scotia.^ 



Geographic distiihution. — Eastern United States and southeastern 

 Canada. Breeds north to Newfoundland, central Quebec, northern 

 Ontario, southern Manitoba, and central Alberta; west to central 

 Alberta; south to central Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, central 

 Michigan, southern Ontario, Massachusetts, and along the Allegheny 

 Mountains to southwestern North Carolina; east to the Allegheny 

 Mountains in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, to Massachusetts, 

 and the Atlantic coast from Maine to Newfoundland. Winters from 

 the northern part of the eastern United States, south to Texas, 

 Louisiana, Alabama, and northern Florida. Casual west to Colorado. 



iTen specimens, from Maryland and the District of Columbia. 



2 Nine specimens, from Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, and 

 the District of Columbia. 



s Designated by Oberhoiser, Auk, vol. 19, No. 2, April, 1902, p. 178. 



