424 ORNITHOLOGY. 



300, 9«^.; Truckee Bottom, December 17. 5— Gi— 2J5— IJi— J— §— 2— J. Bill, 

 black, lilaceous-whitisli on basal half of lower mandible aud along commissure ; interior 

 of mouth, deep naples-yellow; iris, rawumber; tarsi aud toes, livid brownish-white. 



839, Sad.; East Humboldt Mountains, July 13,1868. 5— CJ— 1|. Bill, black; 

 commissure, with basal half of lower mandible, deep pinkish-lilac; iris, grayish choco- 

 late-brown ; tarsi and toes, dilute ashy-sepia. 



804, S jui\; East Humboldt Mountains, August 7. 5| — CJ — (?) — lii. Upper 

 mandible, dull black; commissure and lower mandible, pale lilaceous; rictus, pale 

 yellow; interior of mouth, intense yellow; tarsi and toes, delicate pale ashy-sepia. 



9().'5, S ad.; Secret Valley, Nevada, September 7. 5:^ — 63 — (?)— If. Upper mandi- 

 ble, olivaceous black ; lower mandible and commissure, lilaceous-white, the former more 

 dusky terminally; iris, olivaceous umber ; tarsi and toes, pale lilaceous sepia. 



1260, nest and eggs (0); Parley's Park (Wahsatch Mountains), Utah, June 23, 

 1869. Built on an old Robin's nest, in crotch of aspen, deep woods. 



1261, nest and eggs (7); nest in hollow aspen-suag. 



1286, nest and eggs (7) ; Parley's Park, June 25. Nest in hollow snag, entrance 

 through knot-hole. 



1308, nest aud eggs (G); Parley's Park, June 27. Nest in deserted woodpecker's 

 hole. 



1309, nest and eggs (0); same locality and date. Nest behind loosened bark of 

 dead aspen. 



1'121, eggs (3) ; Parley's Park, July 17, 1869. Nest in hollow of tree. 



Troglodytes hyemalis. 



/?. j)adficm-~Westcrn Whiter Wren. 



Troglodytes hyemalis var. pacijiciis, Baird, Keview, 1864, 145. 



Troglodytes parvulus var. pacificus, B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 155, pL 



IX, fig. 10. 

 Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemalis, COUES, Key, 1872, 351 (part); Check List, 



1873, No. 50 (part); B. N.W., 1874, 33 (part). 

 Troglodytes hyemalis (part), Baird, B. N. Am., 18.58, 'MO; Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, 



No. 273.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 73. 

 The Winter Wren seemed to l)e quite rare in the Interior, since hut 

 one individual, the one obtained, was observed. 



List of specimens. 



369, (J ad.; Truckee Bottom, near Pyramid Lake, Nevada, December 25, 1867. 4 — 

 6 — 2 — li — ^'g — (?) — 1^\ — ,'5. Upper mandible, black, tomium dilute brown; lower, 

 dilute brown, dusky along the side; iris, deep burutumber; tarsi and toes, deep 

 brown. 



