APPENDIX 



185. Dotted Canon- Wren; Catherpes mexicanus punciulaius 

 Ridgw. 



Bill very long, slender and curving. Head grayish brown; back 

 rusty brown ; tail rufous ; the back dotted with fine marks of blackish and 

 white; the tail continuously barred with narrow blackish lines. Throat 

 and breast white ; belly bright rufous. A retiring bird of the mountains 

 and a famous singer. Winters in the foothills. 



186. Vigor's Wren; Thr^omanes bewickH spilurus (Vig.). 



A typical wren. Length over five inches. Above dark brown; 

 below grayish white. Under tail-coverts barred with dusky lines; tail 

 barred; wings plain brown; a distinct line of white over the eye. A 

 common resident of the valleys of California. Race forms of this bird 

 have been differentiated from the northwest coast, the southwest coast 

 and San Clemente Island. 



187. Parkman's Wren; Western House- Wren; Troglodytes 

 aedon parkmanii ( Aud. ) . 



This bird differs but very slightly from the common house-wren of 

 the eastern states. Size scarcely smaller than the preceding, from which 

 it may be known by the absence of the white line over eye. Under parts 

 pale buffy instead of grayish white as in the preceding species, and wings 

 as well as tail barred with dusky lines. The general color is brown as 

 in the preceding species, but the back and sides are more or less waved 

 with dusky cross markings. An abundant and familiar species, nesting 

 about houses and rearing a numerous family. 



188. Western Winter Wren; Olbiorchilus hiemalis pacificus 

 (Baird). 



Length only four inches. Tail very short; held erect. Above dark 

 brown, becoming rusty brown on rump and tail, both of which are barred 

 with dusky. Wings also barred. Below buffy, faintly barred with 

 dusky on breast, and heavily barred on belly. A buffy stripe extends 

 over the eye. California in winter, chiefly in the northern mountains and 

 foothills. 



189. Tule Wren; Cistothorus palustris paludicola Baird. 



This is the western variety of the long-billed marsh-wren, from which 

 it differs very slightly. Strictly confined to marshy country. Head dark 

 brown ; back brown, with a black and white patch in the middle. Rump 

 and upper tail-coverts rufous. Wings faintly and tail more distinctly 

 barred. Breast whitish; sides and belly pale rufous. Generally dis- 

 tributed in suitable places, but secretive in habits and difficult to find. 



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