TROGLODYTES. 



145 



Troglodytes europxus, Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825, no. 127. — Nuttall, Man. 

 I, 1832, 427. 



Hub. Eastern United States, from Mississippi River. Cordova ? Sclater. 



(No. 31,045, "5 , Washington.) Fresh specimen before being skinned : Total 

 length, 4.10 ; expanse of wings, 6.00 ; wing from carpal joint, 1.90. Prepared 

 as dry skin : Total length, 3.50 ; wing, 1.86 ; tail, 1.31 ; graduation, .20 ; ex- 

 posed portion of 1st primary, .66, of 2d, 1.20, of longest (measured from ex- 

 posed base of 1st primary), 1.42 ; length of bill from forehead, .55, from nostril, 

 .35, along gape, .65 ; tarsus, .72 ; middle toe and claw, .65 ; claw alone, .18 ; 

 hind toe and claw, .55 ; claw alone, .26. 



Locality. 



Carlisle, Pa. 

 Washington. 



Cook Co., III. 

 Miss. Bottom, 111. 



When 

 Collected. 



Oct. 13, '40. 

 April 22,'44. 

 Nov. 14,61. 

 Dec. 28, '60. 



Received from 



D. W. Prentiss. 

 Chas. E. Schmidt. 

 R. Kennicott. 



Collected by 



Troglodytes liyeiualis, var. paciflcus. 



Troglodytes hyemalis, Coop. & Suck. P. R. Rep. XII, 1860, 191 (W. T.). 

 Ilab. Pacific coast U. S. 



I find, on comparing series of eastern birds with those from the 

 Pacific slope, that the latter are considerably darker in color above, 

 with little or almost none of the whitish spotting among the dusky 

 bars so characteristic of eastern specimens. The under parts are 

 more rufous, the tarsi appear shorter, and the claws decidedly larger. 

 The two forms seem quite as distinct as T. sedon and parkmamni ; 

 and there is usually no difficulty in at once deciding from which of 

 the two regions any specimen has been derived. The differences are 

 certainly greater than those existing between the eastern T. hye- 

 malis and the European Wren, which, as far as I can judge from the 

 single specimen before me, consist mainly in the rather paler colors 

 of the under parts in the latter species, which also are perhaps not 

 so much spotted and barred beneath. The superciliary stripe, too, 

 is lighter and more distinct. 



(No. 17,434, %, Puget Sound.) Total length, 3.60; wing, 1.84; tail, 1.31 ; 

 graduation, .28 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, .62, of 2d, 1.20, of longest 

 (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.40 ; length of bill from fore- 

 head, .56, from nostril, .35 ; tarsus, .68 ; middle toe and claw, .65 ; claw alone, 

 .22 ; hind toe and claw, .54 ; claw alone, .27. 

 10 September, 1864. 



