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SINGING BIRDS — OSCINES. 



Near San Diego, April 21, ISfii, I discovered a nest of this species, 

 built in a low bush only three feet from the groiuid. It was (|uite open 

 abo\-e, formed of twigs, grass, etc., and contained five eggs just ready to 

 hatch ; white, with scattered brown specks near the lai'ge end. To be siu'e 

 of the species, I shot and }iruser\ed the female. 



Genus TROGLODYTES, Yieillot. 



Troglodytes, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. II. 1S07, 52. (Type, T. aclon.) 



Gex. Cii.vr. Wiugs longer than tlu' tail or nearly ecjnal. Tail ronndcd ; the lateral 

 feathers graduated. Hind elaw shorter than the rest of the toe. Back brown, obsoletely 

 waved with dusky. 



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Srn-OEMs TROGLODYTES. 



Wings about equal to the tail. Toes reaching to the tip of the tail. Bill nearly as 

 long as the head, compressed, deenr\ed. 



