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It ri'S('inl)!os Ti'ixjhxl ijfi s inuscnhis f(j'lM(</t'hfii.s^ hut Ims ii soiiicw li:it 

 shoi'tcr wiiiii" and lontid' tail; is without iiiclicatiou (»f dusky barring 

 on lilt' hack; is ratiicr darkoi' ahovo, and more ])ur(dy Avliito below, 

 witli the Hanks and crissuni less rufescent; the l)arrinL;- on the tail is 

 less distinct. 



TROGLODYTES MESOLEUCUS (Sclater). 



Tliri/otJiorus inciioU'ucu)^ Sclatek, I'ruc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 187(5, ji. 14. 

 Trixjlixiiites inesnlnu-n.t Obehholskk, Proc. IT. S. Nat. ^lus., XXI, 189S, j». 421. 



Tt/jf' A/(Y///Y//. -Santa Lucia, West Indies. 



Geofji'dphicdJ <llsfr!hi(ti<m. — Santa Lucia. West Indies. 



Similar to Troglodyttx tu. tohagensis^ l)ut wing and tjirsus shoi'tcr; 

 the entire upper surface, including- wings and tail, and particular]}^ 

 the back and runi]>, much more rufescent, the back without dusky 

 bars; under parts rather more pundy white. 



TROGLODYTES MUSICUS (Lawrence). 



TJn'i/otlinruH mii.'iicns Lawrence, Ann. JS. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1878, p. 148. 

 Trof/lodi/ff'!^ )iiv.vaii^ Oberholsek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, 1898, p. 421. 



T}/pe local if I/. — Saint Vincent, West Indies. 



Geoiji'dphicdJ (Hsfrlhutio)). — Saint Vincent, West Indies. 



A very distinct species, allied to mefioleKcus^ but larger; nuuh more 

 fciiuginous on the entire upper surface, sides, flanks, and crissum. the 

 back with obsolete narrow dusky bars. 



TROGLODYTES MARTINICENSIS (Sclater). 



Tlirj/oihorus inariinicensis i^chATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, p. 321. 

 Troff/och/fe.'f marthiicenni.t OjiEHuoijuER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, IS'is, |.. 4l'1. 



Ti/pe locality. — Martinique, West Indies. 



GeograpldcaJ dl.strihution. — Martinique, AVest Indies. 



Although, like most of the other West Indian wrens, possessing 

 some superticial resemblance to Tliryofhoras^ this bird is uiuloubtedly 

 a TroglodyU-s. It differs from tanneri in its conspicuously shorter tail, 

 darker upper parts, and darker, very decidedly ruf(\scent lower sui'l'ace, 

 with a heavily l)ai"red crissum. 



TROGLODYTES GUADELOUPENSIS (Cory). 



Tlirj/othonin (fiKukliJdjxn.tis i\tn\, Auk.. Ill, 1SS6, p. oSl. 



Troglodytes giiadeloupennlii OnKiinoLSKR, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. XXI, ISlts, p. 421. 



Ty/h' /ocali'fy.—Gvimd Terre, Guadeloupe, West Indies. 

 Gt'ographlcal <ltstrlhi(fl<m. — Guadeloupe, West Indies. 

 This species resembles T. marfltncois/K. from Martini(|ne. l>ut is 

 appreciably smaller and more rufescent both ahove and below. 



