144 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART I. 
Troglodytes brunmeicollis. 
Troglodytes brunneicollis, ScuateER, P. Z. $. 1858, 297 (Parada; Oaxaca). 
—lIs. Catal. 1861, 23, no. 150. 
Hab. Southern Mexico. 
Bill short, compressed, and straight. First primary more than half longest. 
Upper parts reddish-brown, brighter on the rump. The back, rump, and 
wings barred rather distinctly with dusky. The dark bars exhibit a ten- 
dency to be succeeded by another bar lighter than the ground color, on the 
scapulars almost white. Greater wing coverts with a spot of whitish in the 
end. Beneath, from chin to breast, brownish-buff ; middle of belly dull white, 
with scant spots of brown. Lower part of sides and crissum tinged with 
dark-brown, banded with suffused whitish and dusky—the dark bars, as on 
the scapulars, being succeeded by a whitish bar lighter than the ground color. 
Inside of wings similarly banded. Tail feathers reddish-brown, with zig-zag 
narrow bars of black; innermost (superior) secondary quills with contour lines 
of dusky, instead of transverse bars. 
(29,709, 4.) Total length, 4.40; wing, 1.90; tail, 1.85; graduation, .45; 
exposed portion of lst primary, .83, of 2d, 1.26, of longest (measured from 
exposed hbase of lst primary), 1.45; length of bill from forehead, .60, from 
nostril, .35, along gape, .69; tarsus, .70; middle toe and claw, .71; hind toe 
and claw, .59; claw alone, .27. 
This species somewhat resembles 7. hyemalis, from which, how- 
ever, its larger size, much longer tail, and browner breast distinguish 
it. In none of its allies do we find the bands on the under side of 
the wings, the whitish bars on the scapulars, and the general ten- 
dency to have the dark bars succeeded by a whitish one. The legs 
are unusually stout, the middle toe lengthened, and the 1st primary 
longer than in any others, except ¢nquietus. 
seed | 
Smith- Collec-) Sex When 
A sual : : 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Received from Remarks. 
No. | No. | Age. Collected. 
29,709 | 7 fof La Parada, Mex. Jan. 1861. A. Sallé. Type. * 
29,208 | 131 ois Orizaba, Mex. 48e FE. Sumichrast.. | | | scsce 
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b. ANORTHURA.*. 
Troglodytes hyemalis. 
Sylvia troglodytes, Wison, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 139, pl. viii, f. 6.— Troglo- 
dytes hyemalis, Vrertiot, Nouv. Dict. XXXIV, 1819, 514.—Avp. Orn. 
Biog. IV, 1838, 430, pl. 360.—Is. B. A. II, 1841, 128, pl. 121.— 
Bairp, Birds N. Am. 1858, 369.—ScuatTer, P. Z. 8. 1856, 290 
(Cordova, Mex.).—Is. Catal., 1861, 23, no. 152. 
1 Anorthura, Renniz, 1831. (Type Motacilla troglodytes, Linn.) 
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