228 TiJiELncjE. 



11. Thryothorus martinicensis. 



ThiTothorus martiniceusis, Sdater, P. Z. S. 18C6, p. 321 ; Scl ^- Salv. 

 Komi'itcl. Av. Xcotr. p. 7 ; Laior. Froc. U.S. Nat. Mas. vol. i. 

 pp. 352, 486. 



Adult (type of species). Upper surface dark iiiubor-brown, incli- 

 ning to reddish brown on the lower back and rump, the latter with 

 half-concealed spots of white margined with black ; the mantle with 

 mesial streaks of brownish buff ; wing-coverts like tlie back, with 

 obsolete dusky cross-barring, the greater series more distinctly 

 barred with dusky ; quills dusky brown, externally rufous-brown, 

 barred with dusky ; tail dull brown, externally edged with rufous- 

 brown, barred across with dusky brown ; a very narrow reddish 

 eyebrow from the base of the nostril to the side of the nape ; lores 

 brownish white ; ear-coverts light reddish, with pale shaft-lines, the 

 feathers edged with dusky, imparting a somewhat streaked appear- 

 ance ; cheeks and under surface of body deep rufous-brown, rather 

 darker on the flanks, which have a few blackish bars ; under tail- 

 coverts rufous, barred with black ; axillaries lighter reddish brown 

 than the breast ; under Aving-coverts pale reddish, mottled with 

 dusky bases to the feathers ; quills dusky brown below, ashy whitish 

 along the edge of the inner web. Total length 4-S inches, culmen 

 O'To, wing 2-2, tail I'oo, farsus 0"85. {Mas. P. L. Sdater.) 



The Martini(jue Rufous Wren is only known from the island of 

 Martinique, one of the Lesser Antilles, 



«. Ad. sk, Martinique, Paris Museum [P-]. 



12. Thryothorus rufescens. 



Thryothorus rufescens, Lairr. Aim. JV. Y. Acad. Sci. i. p. 47; id. 

 Proc. U.&'. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 4.53, 486. 



Male. Entire plumage rufous, much deeper in colour above, of a 

 lighter and brighter shade underneath ; tail dark rufous, regularly 

 and closely crossed with narrow bars of black ; the colouring of the 

 underpart of the tail is duller, but is barred in a similar manner ; 

 inner webs of quills blackish brown ; outer webs and both webs of 

 the innermost secondaries daik rufous, with distinct narrow bars of 

 black ; ujiper mandible dark brown, the under yellowish white ; 

 feet pale brown. Length 4| inches, wing 2^, tail 1|, tarsus j-i ; 

 bill from front -f^, from rictus |. {Lawrence.) 



Lawrence's liufous Wren inhabits the island of Dominica, in the 

 Lesser Antilles. It is scarcely to be distinguished from T. martini- 

 censis, Sclater, from Martinique ; and on comparison of a series the 

 two species will probably prove to be identical. 



13. Thryothorus grenadensis. 



Thryothorus grenadensis, Later. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. i. p. 161; id. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 268, 486. 



