164 SYNONYMY AND CHARACTERS OF CANON WREN 



Canon Wren 



Catherpes niexicaiius* conspersns 



Troglodytes albifrons, nd. Stansbury's Kep. 1852, 327. 



Troglodytt's nu-XicanilS, Hcerm. Journ. Phila. Acad. 1853, 263. — Cass. 111. B. Cal. & Tex. 



1854, 173, pi. 30 (iu part). 



Catherpes mcxicanilS, Bd. BXA. 1858, 351 (in part).— Ke/mer. P.IRR. x. 1859, 26. — Xant. Pr. 

 Phila. Acad. 1859, 191 (California).— /id. Rev. AB. i. 18(54, III (in part). — Dress, Ibis, iefi.5, 

 484 (Texas). — Coaes, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 77 (Arizona). — Coop. B. Cal. i. 1870, 66, figs.— 

 Aiken, Pr. Best. See. xv. 1872, 196 (Colorado, res\(\ent).— Allen. Hull. MCZ. 1872, 175 

 (Colorado City).— .-iZ/e/i, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 404— Ooues, Key, 1872, 85— Merr. U.S. 

 Geol. Surv. Terr, for 1872, 1873,713 (Utah).— Coo;). Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 17.— Coues, BNW. 

 1874, 28. 



Catherpes mexicaniis var. conspersus, Ridgw. Am. Nat. vii. 187.3, 603.— lUdg. Bull. Ess. 

 Inst. V. 1873, 180 (Colorado).— So!. Br. 4- Ry. NAB. i. 1674, 139, fig. pi. 8, f. 4.—Yarr. 4- 

 T/msA. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 9.— //c?!s/t. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874,41, 101.— flensA. Zool. 

 Expl. W. 100 Merid. 1876, 181. 



White-throaled Wrcii, White-throated Rock Wren, Canon Wren, Authors. 



Hab. — Throughout New Mexico aud Arizona, and portion.s of Texas, 

 Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. Resident. 



Ch. SP. — $ 9 Bmnneus, ant ice paUescens, postlce ruftscens, 

 undique aWido n'ujroque imnctatus ; cmidd cimiamomind, ajigustis- 

 sime nigrofasciatd ; guld albd ; ventre ferrugineo^ ohsoletd alhido 

 fiiscoqne 7ioioto; pedlhiis nigris. 



$ 2 , adult : Upper parts brown, paler aud grayer anteriorly, behind shad- 

 ing insensibly into rich rufous, everywhere dotted with small dusky and 

 whitish spots. Tail clear cinnamon-brown, crossed witb numerous very 

 narrow and mostly zigzag black bars. Wing-quills dark brown, the outer 

 webs of the primaries aud both webs of the inner secondaries barred with 

 the color of the back. Chin, throat, and fore breast, with the lower half 

 of the side of the head and neck, white, shading behind through ochraceons- 

 brown into rich deep ferruginous, and posteriorly obsoletely waved with 

 dusky and whitish. Bill slate color, of a pale livid hue below ; feet black; 



* The synonymy of the true mexicanus is :— 

 Thryothorus mexicanus, Sw. Zool. 111. i. 1829, pi. 11. 

 Troglodytes mexicanus, Licht. " Preis-Verz. Mex. Viig. 1830, 2 "; J. f. O. 1863, 57.— Gray, G. 



of B. i. 1847, 159. 

 SalpincJeS mexicanus, Cab. Wieg. Arch. 1847, Bd. i. 324.— Sp. CA. i. 1850, 224.- Cai. MH. 



i. 1850, IS.—Scl. PZS. 1855, 66; 1857, 212 (Orizaba) ; 18.i8, 29 (Oaxaca).— ScZ. Cat. AB. 



1861, 18. 

 Catherpes mexicanus, Sd. PZS. 1864, 172 (City of yiexKo).—Sumich. Mem. Bost. Soc. i. 



1869, 545 (Vera Cruz). 

 Catherpes mexicanus t^ar. mexicanus, Ridg. Am. Nat. vii. 1873, 603.— Bd. Br. Ry. NAB. i. 



1874, 138. 

 Thryothorus guttulatus, Lnfr. RZ. 1839, 99. 

 ? Troglodytes alblcollis, " Cicv.'' 



1 Troglodytes muparlus, Licht. " Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. 1830, 2 "; J. f. 0. 1863, .57. 

 ?Certhia albifrons, Giraud, Sixteen Sp.Tex. B. 1841, pi. 8 (see Ridg. Am. Nat. vii. 1873,604). 



Hab.— Mexico, southward from near the border of the United States. 



