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Throat blue . . . . . . . . . . . . 792 



Throat black . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 



Rump black . . . . . . . . . . . . 793 



Rump all blue, like -back. M. splendens (Banded Wren). 



Throat much darker blue than crown and mantle . . . . 794 



Throat, crown, and back of similar blue. 



M. melanotus (Black-backed Wren). 

 Blue band on chest below black almost similar in colour to back. 



M . whitei (Darker Turquoise Wren). 



Blue band on chest, but ear coverts, crown, and back very light 



silvery green. M. callainus (Turquoise Wren). 



Length 5.2 inches and less ; faint blue or no blue on wings . . 796 



Length 5.5 inches ; wing coverts deep blue and primaries edged blue. 



M. elizahethce (Dark Blue Wren). 

 Colour of mantle cobalt blue ; faint blue on wing coverts . . 797 



Colour of mantle light blue ; no blue on wing coverts. 



M. cyanochlamys (Silvery- blue Wren). 

 Wing 2 inches ; tail 2.2 inches ; abdomen white. 



M. cyanens (Blue Wren). 

 Wing 2.x inches ; tail 2.5 inches ; abdomen dusky. 



M. goitldi (Long-tailed Blue Wren). 



Bill black is winter plumage, and some bluish feathers on head or 



reddish on back, immature plumage of Males of several species. 



No coloured feathers in mantle ; bill and lores reddish-brown. 



Female Wrens. 799 

 Length about 4.5 inches; tail all rufous-brown, like wings and back 800 

 Length about 5 inches ; tail blue or bluish-brown ; back and wings 



dissimilar in colour . . . . . . . . . . 801 



Wing 1.7 inches : lores whitish. 



M. tnelanoccphulus (Orange-backed Wren) or 

 M. dorsalis (Red-backed Wren). 

 Wing 1.85 inches ; lores and feathers round eye rufous. 



M. leucopterus (White-winged Wren) or 

 M. leuconotiis (White-backed Wren). 

 Tail brownish above, bluish below . . . . . . . . 802 



Tail all blue . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 



Wing 2 inches, and dark brown edged faint l)luish-yellow . . 803 

 Wing 1.9 inches, and light brown edged yellowish 



M. cyanochlamys (Silvery Blue Wren). 

 Tail 2.5 inches ; tarsus .78 inch. M. cyaneus (Blue Wren). 



Tail 2.7 inches ; tarsus .85 inch ; darker plumage. 



M. goiildi (Long-tailed Blue Wren). 

 Lores and circle round eye rufous . . . . . . . . 805 



Lores white ; mark behind eye chestnut. 



M. coronatiis (Purple-crowned Wren). 

 Lores deep chestnut or darker than bill . . . . . . 806 



Lores rusty or lighter than bill . . . . . . . . 807 



Bill .3 inch ; tail 2.8 inches. M. assimilis (Purple-backed Wren). 

 Tail .32 inch ; bill 2.5 inches. M. lamherti (Variegated Wren). 

 Wing 1.9 inches ; tarsus .8 inch . . . . . . . . 808 



