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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



2.10 ; graduation, .46 ; length of bill from forehead, .72, from nostril, .50, along 

 gape, .85 ; tarsus, .92 ; middle toe and claw, .82 ; hind toe and claw, .68 ; claw 

 alone, .30. 



This species will be readily distinguished from T. modestus, by 

 the very distinct bars on the wings ; the broader bars on the tail ; 

 the deeper fulvous color beneath, extending over the belly and 

 breast ; and the fulvous, instead of white, edge and lining of the 

 wing. The tail is shorter ; the toes longer. It is somewhat similar 

 to a species from Paraguay ; but is larger, more rufous above, 

 redder, and more regularly barred on the tail, etc. In external 

 appearance it is very much like the TJiryophilica longirostris, but 

 the bill of the latter is much longer.* 



(100, cf.) Type. (100, ?.) Do. 



' I find, in the collections of Mr. Lawrence and of the Philadelphia Academy, 

 three quite well marked species of long-billed Wrens (with the bill longer 

 than the tarsus). They all agree in the entire absence of bands or spots on 

 the under parts, and in having the top of head more dusky than the back, 

 rump, and tail coverts. They may be characterized as follows : — 



T. striolatus (Max.). — Dark reddish-brown above, but little lighter be- 

 neath, except that the throat and cheeks are white ; the jugulum and 

 middle line of the abdomen yellowish-brown. Cheek feathers edged with 

 black. Tail with'broad black bands wider than their reddish intervals ; 

 those on wings about as wide as their intervals. Bill from forehead, 

 1.12, from nostril, .78 ; tarsus, about .95. Ilab. Rio Janeiro. Cab. A. N. Sc. 



T. longirostris (Vieill.). — Generally similar to preceding, but much paler. 

 Lining of wings fulvous. Dark bands on wings and tail much narrower 

 than their interspaces. Cheek feathers edged with black. Bill from 

 forehead, 1.05, from nostril, .76; tarsus, .90. Ilab. Bahia. Cab. G. N. 

 Lawrence. 



T. albipectus (Cab.) — Above still paler than preceding. Top of head appre- 

 ciably more dusky ; bands on wings and tail about equal to their inter- 

 spaces. Beneath, including lining of wings, white, slightly soiled with 

 brownish-yellow on the sides and behind. Cheeks pure, continuous 

 white. Bill from forehead, .99, from nostril, .65 ; tarsus, .98 Ilab. ? 

 Cab. A. N. Sc. (This specimen differs somewhat from Cabanis's descrip- 

 tion, especially in the pure white cheeks, and may really be different.) 



