PASSERES— TEOGLODYTIDAE— SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS. 179 



beiy ; and, in the fall, the thickets bordering the streams are frequently 

 resorted to by them. Tlieir loud, harsh notes and active, sprightly motions 

 are always sure to attract the attention of even the casual observer. 

 Though somewhat inquisitive, they are less so than most of this family, and, 

 when they find themselves observed, skulk away into the shelter of the 

 brush or behind the rocks. They go in small companies, or what would 

 appear to be families ; and, very likely, the relationship is really thus 

 Ultimate, the broods remaining intact and not scattering, as is usually the 

 case. 



369 



302 

 374 



37S 

 395 

 396 

 609 

 675 

 718 

 911 

 912 



Ad. 



2 



3 ad. 

 5 ad. 

 i ad. 

 9jun. 

 S ad. 

 ^jun. 

 S ad. 

 (?jun- 

 9jun. 

 9jun. 



Locality. 



Nevada ■ 



Saint George, Utah , 



Gila River, Ariz 



Camp Bowie, Ariz .. 



, do 



, do .- 



do 



do 



Camp Lowell, Ariz . . 



do 



do 



Gila River, Ariz 



do 



Aug. 14, 1871 

 Oct. 27, 1872 



Sept. 15, 

 Aug. 7, 

 Aug. 12, 



do . 



do. 



Aug. 13, 

 Sept. 6, 



do. 



Sept. 13, 

 Oct. 3, 

 do. 



1874 



1874 

 1874 



F. Bischoff 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow and 

 H. W. Henshaw. 



H. W. Henshaw 



do 



do . 



do. 



do . 



do . 



do. 



do . 



, do. 



, do. 



do. 



Wing. 



3- '7 

 3-53 

 3- IS 

 3-14 

 3-23 

 3-47 

 3.00 

 3-64 

 3-42 

 3.16 



3-36 



2.97 

 3-4° 

 3-15 

 3-37 

 3.22 

 3-47 

 2.45 

 3-35 

 3-50 

 3.08 



3-31 



0.90 



0.95 

 0.92 

 0.S5 

 0.74 

 0.94 



0.73 

 o. 90 

 0.80 

 0.81 

 0.80 



1.20 

 1. 12 

 i.oS 

 1. 10 

 i.oS 

 1. 15 

 1.04 

 1. 15 

 I. IS 

 1.06 

 I. IS 



SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS (Say). 

 Rock ^Vren. 



Troglodytes obsoletus, SAY, Long's Exped., ii, 1823, 4 (South Fork of tbe Platte).- 

 WooDH., Sitgreave's Exp. Zuui & Col. Riv., 1S54, 6G.— Newb., P. R. K. 

 Rep., xi, 1857. SO.— Heerm., P. R. R. Rep., x, pt. iv, 1859, 41. 



.SW^wctes o&soZe<MS,BD.,lves' Col. Exped., 1857-58, pt.iv, (5.— Jf/.,BirdslSI. A., 1858, 357.- 

 Id., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1850, Birds, 13.-/(7., Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, Cal.).— Henby. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Pliila.. 1859, 107 (New Mexico).— IIayd., Traus. Am. Pliil. Soc, xii, 1SG2, 

 1G3.— Bd., Rev. Am. Birds, i, 1804, 110.— CouES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Pbila., 1800, 77 (Fort Whipple).- 1(7., ib., 18CS, 83.— COOPEU, Am. Nat., iii, 

 1809, 297 (Upper Missouri); 73 (breeding at Fort Benton).— M., Proc. 

 Cal. Acad., 1870, 75 (Colorado River).— Id., Birds Cal., 1870, 04.- Stev., 



