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1. Upper parts more or less barred crosswise; wings, tail and flanks fully 
barred; tail not fan-shaped tjc.4 kth ae eae oe ace eee (4) 
1. Upper parts streaked lengthwise; flanks scarcely barred; marsh wrens; 
tail not fan shaped o.45. 9). .op eo 'sencehs aes Seen: ie Eee (6) 
1. Upper parts dotted with dusky and whitish spots; tail broad and fan 
SHAPPE fobs Ses rata wieder oy ek ea eR ae (8) 
2. Tail brownish, dist‘nctly barred, shorter than wing; above redd‘sh 
Tey is, 0 ae ie gt et a als ce es ee nS Carolina Wren. 
2. Tail blackish, not fully barred, longer than wing; above grayish 
PLOW Mal geo e Phe re ene eet aoe od RSE Re ee a (3) 
3. Darker, more brownish above; beneath, soiled white, flanks more brown- 
ifs] eat i 0 AS oe en hl .Bewick Wren. 
3. Paler, more grayish aboee: ponent) pure pete Ranks, Seeeee brownish: 
larger gs) Shake .Texas Bewick Wren. 
4. Tail much sore nan wings; anore right cinnamon, below pale 
cinnamon, heavily barred. ws ples blaNane te. one vocals oe WWE ea 
4. Tail as long as wings; shove eae cinnamon, below gray washed 
with brownish, iehtly Danced hm. s ee ee “ae . (5) 
5. Darker, more reddish brown above, the bars cee Bonen inelon: 
strongly brownish... ...... Ahan ets .House Wren. 
5. Paler, more grayish brown shore: the are aieemner paler almost white, 
elo wnt A tens segs’ . Western House Wren. 
6. Crown efaonlecd caithi Syniter bill Sneees 4 eel long. . : 
ep .Short-billed Marsh Wren. 
6, Crema ra staleeae “pill 4 $ neh or more relates eee Oe aA) 
7. Bars on middle tail fothor and both tail-coverts aeeaye or aneleaes 
Bed eo AEE Ie . Long-billed Marsh Wren. 
7. Bars on middle tail: carters Saal faite ues distinct, continuous; 
pallens ceca ce.8 Mees .Interior Tule Wren. 
8. Belly, rump, ae fail see back Ge poet throat white 
Bey ite ey AUT re Mr ey Lt ints Cone Canyon Wren. 
8. Whole under parts whitish; back grayish brown, rump rusty 
Shieh Ao ia Re iaal asc Rita ee AIR ge YM Fig es a a Rock Wren. 
715. *Salpinctes obsoletus (Say)—-Rock WRreEN. 
An abundant breeder in the Pine ridge country of northwest 
Nebraska, south through Scott’s Bluff and Banner to Kimball and 
Cheyenne counties, east through Dawes and Sheridan counties to 
the Minnechaduza and Gorden canyons in Cherry county, breeding 
in the rim-rocks in June. Aughey records finding a nest in an old 
slab pile near Dakota City, June 3,1865, and another in an old stump 
along Salt creek in June, 1875, but recent observers have noted it as 
a migrant only in eastern Nebraska. Neligh, West Point, Lincoln— 
migrating in late April and early May. 
[717a. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus Ridgway—CaNnyon WREN. 
In Sioux county in a canyon on White river between Glen and 
Andrews, Aug. 12, 1903, Bruner saw a wren which he identified as 
