TROGLODYTES. 145 
Troglodytes europxus, Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825, no. 127.—Nurraui, Man. 
I, 1832, 427. 
Hab. Eastern United States, from Mississippi River. Cordova? Sclater. 
(No. 31,045, 4, 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 Ist primary, .64, 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. 
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sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. ‘ 
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29,945 | 625 fon Washington. Noved4.i6).)) sDioW .werentiss, | ilmel o) cso 
31,045 os fol te Dec. 28, 60: | Chas: HE. Schmidt. | - «2... 
10, 206 a3 Cook Co., Ill. Re ISEM NICOL, eT Re Seciecr 
10,207 Miss. Bottom, Ill. Cg ae We | [Ee Na 
Troglodytes hyematlis, var. pacificus. 
Troglodytes hyemalis, Coop. & Suck. P. R. Rep. XII, 1860, 191 (W. T.). 
Hab. 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 7. edon and parkmanni ; 
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 7. 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 lst primary, .62, of 2d, 1.20, of longest 
(measured from exposed base of Ist 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. 
