258 TlMELllDJE. 



The Tale House- Wren is found in Patagonia and Chili as far 

 north as Mendoza. 



a. Ad. sk. Straits of Magellan. JAexit A. Smith. [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Chili. Purchased. 



0, d. Ad. sk. Santiajro, Chili. E. C. Reed, Esq. [C.l. 



e,f, ff. Ad. sk. Santiago, Chili. E. C. Reed, Esq. [C.]. 



G. Troglodytes rufulus. 



Troglodytes rufulus, Cab. in Sc/wnih. Heis. Gniaii. iii. p. 672 ; Leot. Ois. 



fn'md. p. 170. 

 Troglodytes tessellatus, Scl._^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 2o7. 



Adult. General colour above brown, inclining to mouse-brown on 

 the head, the scapulars and back with obscure dusky bars ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts rather more rufous than the back ; lesser and 

 median coverts like the back, the greater series brown, slightly 

 tinged with rufous and barred externally with dusky brown ; quills 

 dark brown, chequered with pale rufous on the outer web, and very 

 distinctly barred with dusky or blackish brown, the inner secondaries 

 barred across both webs in a somewhat irregular manner ; tail- 

 feathers reddish brown, barred across with blackish brown, the bars 

 being about fifteen in number on the central tail-feathers, but not 

 strictly conterminous ; lores dull white ; above the eye an indistinct 

 superciliary streak of whity brown ; ear-coverts whity brown, the 

 upper margin dark brown ; cheeks, throat, and centre of body dull 

 white, the fore neck and chest pale brown, the sides of the body 

 rufesccnt, deepening on the lower flank, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts, the latter being uniform ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 dull white, somewhat washed with brown ; quills dusky brown 

 Ixdow, whitish along the edge of the inner web; "bill brown, 

 whitish at base of lower mandible ; feet and iris brown" {Leotaud). 



The adult femcde resembles the male. 



British Guiana. Three specimens from Bartica Grove, collected 

 by Mr. H. "Vi'hitely, belong to a different race from the Panama 

 birds, and are distinguished by the white throat and white belly, 

 separated by a brown breast, shading off into tawny on the lower 

 flanks and \inder tail-coverts, the latter having few bar-like spots. 

 They have the following dimensions, and appear to me to be identical 

 with the Santa-Marta race : — 



Total 



length. Culmeu. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



iu. iu. in. iu. in. 



a. Bartica Grove (H. Jlliiteh/) 40 OQo 2-1 1-5 ' 075 



^. cJ.Bartica Grove (^.Tr/«VW?/) 4-2 O'Oo 2-0o PO 0-75 



y. B.utica Grove (H. Whitcly) 4-0 0-G 1-9 1-5 0-7 



Golomhia. Three specimens, collected by Mr. Simons in the Sierra 

 Nevada, near Santa Marta, are by no means identical with the 

 Panama and Antioquia individuals, but belong to the group of 

 Troglodytes furvu-s. The deep tawny flanks and under tail-coverts are 

 quite distinct when compared with the same parts in Panama skins, 



