180 ZOOLOGY— BIKDS. 



U. S. Geol. Snrv. Terr., 1870, 4G-1.— Allen, Bui. Mns. Conij). Zoiil., 1872, 

 174 (inouiitain.s of Colorado ; Ogdeii, Utah). — CouES, Key N. A. Uirtls, 1S7L', 

 ■ So.— Hold., I'roc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xv, 1871.', I'Xt (Black Hills).— 

 Meuuiam, U. S. Gcol. Siiiv. Terr., 1872, G73. — Bd., Brew., & Biuc... N. A. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 135, pi. viii, Q<^. 3.— Hensiiaav, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., .\i, 

 1874, 3.-1(1, Au. List Birds Utah, 1872, "Wlieelei's Exped., 1874, 41.— 

 Yarkow & Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Sjiecs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 8. — 

 Hensiiaw, Hep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 100. — Allen, 

 Proe. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 20.— COUES, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 

 Birds Northwest, 1874, 27. 



This wren is au aljundant inhabitant of tlie central mountainous region 

 generally, and has been found by our parties to be common in nearly every 

 section visited in Eastern Nevada, Utah (especially the more southern por- 

 tion), Arizona, and New Mexico. In Colorado, it was found by Mr. Aiken, 

 Avho procured a number of specimens. It everywdiere shows a most marked 

 predilection for rocky localities, and the confused masses of volcanic debris 

 in the wildest and most desolate regions appear to bo especially congenial 

 to its nature. It occasionally, however, courts rather than shuns the pres- 

 ence of man; and, at Toquerville, Utah, I often heard the sound of its bright, 

 cheery notes coming from the stone Avails which inclose the gardens. In 

 the vicinity of Santa Fd, it breeds abundantly, and here, too, frequents the 

 neighborhood of gardens. 



The young in nesting plumage were taken at Fort Wingate, N. Mex., 

 July 1 4. On the 28th, at Zuui, a nest was found containing four young nearly 

 fledged. The nest proj^er Avas merely sf pile of grasses, slightly hollowed, 

 and lined Avitli horse hairs and bits of sheep's avooI. This Avas placed in a 

 natural cavity of a clayey bank. It AA'as without doubt a second brood. 



A second nest, obtained near Santa Fc, June 17, Avas placed on the 

 bare gi-ound beneath an overhanging rock. The nest Avas merely a mass of 

 sticks, the interior nest being composed of stiips of bark, and but .shghtly 

 holloAved. It contained three young and one egg. This Avas pure white, 

 spotted, chiefly at the large end, with fine reddish-broAATi markings. 



