TROGLODYTES. 



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parbmanni; and the difference between the longest i)rimary and the 

 tenth amounts to .32 of an inch, instead of about .20 in stdon, where 

 the first quill is nearly half the length of the third, much more than 

 half the length of the second. 



The original description of T. parhmmmi mentions a more reddish 

 tinge than I detect in any specimens before me, perhaps because the 

 type was younger, or in autumnal dress. The dimensions agree 

 very well. 



(7,136, % , Steilacoom.) Total length, 4.50 ; wing, 2.12 ; tail, 2.12 ; gradua- 

 tion, .32 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, .67, of 2d, 1.34, of 3d, 1.53, of longest 

 (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.55 ; length of bill from fore- 

 head, .65, from nostril, 40, along gape, .76 ; tarsus, .67; middle toe and claw, 

 62 ; hind toe and claw, .53 ; claw alone, .24. 



(32,170 ) Iris dark-brown. 



Troglodytes americaiiiis. 



Troglodytes americanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834,452; V, 1839,469, pi. 

 179.— Ib. B. a. II, 1841, 123, pi. 119.— Baikd, B. N. A. 1858, 368. 



Hub. Northeastern United States. 



I am unable to throw any more light upon the relationship of the 

 Wood Wren to the Common Wren, than that presented in " Birds 

 N. Am." It is somewhat similar to T. parkmairni in size and pro- 

 portions, but instead of being paler than eedon is much darker. 



