BIRDS-—-LIOTRICHIDAE——TROGLODYTES PARKMANNI. 367 
TROGLODYTES AEDON, Vieillot. 
House Wren. 
Froglodyles aedon, ViertioT, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 52; pl. evii, (type of genus.)—Is. Nouv, Dict. XXXIV, 
1819, 506.—Bonap. Obs. Wilson, 1825, No. 136.—Ricu. F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 316.—Aun. 
Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 427: V, 1839, 470; pl. Ixxxiii—In. Syn. 1839, 75.—Is. Birds Amer. II, 
1841, 125; pl. exx. 
Sylvia domestica, Witson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 1293 pl. viii. 
Troglodytes fuluus, Nutrati, Man. I, 1832, 422 
Troglodytes furvus, Ricn. List, 1837. (Not Motacilla furva, Gmelin.) 
Spe. Cu.—Tail and wings about equal. Bill shorter than the head. Above reddish brown, darker towards the head, brighter 
onthe rump. The feathers everywhere, except on the head and neck, barred with dusky ; obscurely so on the back, and still 
less on the rump. All the tail feathers barred from the base ; the contrast more vivid on the exterior ones. Beneath pale 
fulvous white, tinged with light brownish across the breast ; the posterior parts rather dark brown, obscurely banded. Under 
tail coverts whitish, with dusky bars. An indistinct line over the eye, eyelids, and loral region, whitish. Cheeks brown, 
streaked with whitish. Length, 4.90; wing, 2.08; tail, 2.00. 
Hab.—Eastern United States to the Missouri, or to the high central plains. 
The bill of this species, even from the extreme base, is shorter than the head. The wing is 
very nearly equal to the tail, and reaches over its basal fourth. The tail is moderately graduated, 
the lateral feather about .32 of an inch shorter than the middle. The outstretched feet reach 
about to the end of the tail. 
There are a few whitish spots on the wing coverts. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex and Locality. When Whence obtained. | Collected by— Length. | Stretch | Wing. Remarks, 
No. age. collected. jof wings. 
1084 fol | Carlisle, Pa...... eeuvcceces June 14, 1843 | 8. F. Baird....... 
TPE | aceoenel| - 16, 1842 |. sees. dO vseeoscves 
1655] oO |. 30, 1844 |...ee. GOs scsesisaes ote 
1646 o | 23, 1844 |....4. dO; cee/aeses 
2443] gt 5 QE IB45;|ncee ee dosastieoresr 
(EVO pce eben | Washington, D.C... sallaatle@evnsices Wm. Hutton ....|... 
8641 3 Cape Florida, Fla... - 23,1857) G. Wurdemann...)... Brown iris and legs, bill bI’k. 
BHD s | eewwtesiele lcs vies COsacccste . 30, 1857 le eaean Owatetale viewers Black eyes and bill. 
BHd3 |eeeeeeee cee oe GO cecccecccece Qdaaiaaisia| pa snne dO...ee eee Brownish legs, bill and eyes 
brown. 
8644 |...2..eelecccee OO mapitrtscesinsesce «ests Oct. Wesereclecreee O.ccccevccslese sececccens 
6519 | sccouee indian Key; (Pla, vesssccses|ssaseses ences: loses. dos eecase teal ecencsso nese: 
8846 3 | Loup Fork, Platte river..... July 3..006. Lieut. Warren....| Dr. Hayden.. 
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TROGLODYTES PARKMANNI, Aud. 
Parkmann’s Wren. 
Troglodytes parkmanni, Aup. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 310, not figured.—Is. Syn. 1839, 76.—In. Birds Amer. I, 1841, 
133 ; pl. 122. 
Sp. Cu.—Similar in size and general appearance to T. aedon, with light line over the eye, &c; the colors, however, grayer, 
the upper parts dark brown, the lower grayish white, with little or none of the rufous tinge of particular regions, as scen in T. 
aedon. 
Hab.— Western America, from the high central plains and Upper Missouri, to the Pacific. 
All the specimens of the house wren type from the western regions appear to differ from eastern 
ones in a grayer tinge of coloration, both above and below, the reddish brown of the rump and 
