Appendix. 



177. 'Cactus Wren; Heleodytes brunneicapillus 

 (Lafr.). 



An inhabitant of the desert. Size large for a 

 wren, length seven inches. Head plain bright 

 brown; back lighter brown, curiously streaked 

 with black and white lines; distinct white stripe 

 over eye; beneath white on breast changing to 

 pale cinnamon on belly, the white heavily 

 marked with large spots of black; wings dark, 

 spotted with whitish; tail black, spotted and 

 barred with white. A resident on the deserts of 

 southern California. A race form, Bryant's 

 Cactus Wren, has been described by Anthony 

 from Lower California and adjacent portions of 

 southern California. 



178. Rock Wren; Salpinctes obsoletus (Say). 



Like other wrens the tail is held upright; man- 

 ners sprightly; song vivacious. Length six 

 inches. A pallid wren chiefly found in moun- 

 tainous places in the desert or sage-brush. 

 Above pale brownish gray, finely sprinkled with 

 dots of black and white; rump cinnamon; lower 

 parts dull white changing to pale cinnamon be- 

 hind ; throat and breast faintly streaked with 

 dusky. A line of white or buff over eye; 

 under tail-coverts and outer pair of tail-feathers 

 distinctly barred; the other tail-feathers with a 

 broad subterminal band of black and below this 

 a band of buff. Wings but faintly mottled with 

 lighter gray. Interior mountains, migrating 

 south in winter to foothills and valleys. Also 

 on Farallon Islands. 



