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TROGLODYTIDH, WRENS.—GEN. 23, 24. 87 
pl. 8; Nurr., i, 422; Aup., ii, 125, pl. 120; Bp., 367. Very variable in 
precise tint, distinctness of the barring, etc. ; old spring birds are apt to be 
grayer and clearer below; young fall specimens are usually browner. 7’. 
americanus AuD., as I have said (Proc. Essex Inst. v, 1867, 278; specimen 
in my cabinet, personally identified by Audubon ; see also Maynarp, Guide, 
p- 95), is not otherwise different, and I shall now drop it. . . . DON. 
Var. parkmanni Aup. On an average, grayer and paler. Western United 
States (see Cours, Proc. Acad. Phil., 1866, p. 43). Bp., 367; Coor., 71. 
23. Genus ANORTHURA Rennie. 
Winter Wren. Deep brown, darkest on head, brightest on rump and 
tail, obscurely waved with dusky and sometimes with whitish also; tail like 
rump; wings dusky, edged with 
color of back, and dark barred; 
several outer primaries also whitish 
barred ; a superciliary line, and ob- 
secure streaks on sides of head and 
neck, whitish; below pale brown; 
belly, flanks and under tail coverts 
strongly barred with dusky and 
whitish. Only 4-4} long; extent 
64-63 ; wing 2 or less, tail 14 or Fic. 30. Winter Wren. 
less—so short that the outstretched feet reach beyond it. Tarsus and 
middle toe and claw together about 14; bill 3. North America; United 
States in winter. Sylvia hyemalis, Wits., i, 139, pl. 8, f. 6; Trog. 
hyemalis, Aup., ii, 128, pl. 121; Bp., 369; Trog. europeus, Nurv., i, 
427. Var. pacificus is described; Bp., Rev. 145. . . . ‘TROGLODYTES. 
Alaskan Wren. “Form like that of the winter wren;” size and colors 
nearly the same; darker; bill larger; culmen, gape and gonys almost per- 
fectly straight —latter slightly ascending. St. George’s Island, Bering’s 
Sea. One specimen known. A variety of the last? Bp., Trans. Chic. 
PAGAG ELS OO Shas DleoOs tude ose. leis so et «os 0) FAUASCENSIS. 
24. Genus TELMATODYTES Cabanis. 
Long-billed Marsh Wren. Above clear brown, unbarred, back with a 
black patch containing distinct white streaks, crown brownish-black, super- 
ciliary line to. nape white: wings not noticeably barred, but outer webs of 
inner secondaries blackish ; tail brown, dusky barred ; 
below dull white, often quite pure, the sides alone 
brownish-washed, and under tail coverts somewhat 
barred. 43-53 long; wing about 2, tail less, tarsus 
‘ie. 31 Long-billed Marsh 4—§3 bill J or more, barely curved. North America ; 
ke ese nae particularly reedy swamps and marshes of United 
States, abundant. Wits., ii, 58, pl. 12, f. 4; Nurr., i, 489; Aup., ii, 
135, pl. 123; Bo., 364; var. paludicola, Bp., Rev. 148. . . PALUSTRIS. 
