V °iS99 VI ] Allen ' Recently Described North American Birds. 349 



Chars, subsp. — Thry. b. spiluro persimilis, sed paulo major; rostro 

 multo longiore; necnon hypochondriis paululum rufescentioribus. 



"Measurements (ij specimens). — Wing, 50.5 to 54.5 (average, 53) mm.; 

 tail, 49.5 to 54.5 (average, 51.4) mm. ; exposed culmen, 13.5 to 15 (aver- 

 age, 14. S) mm.; bill from nostril, 10 to 11. 5 (average, 10.8) mm.; tarsus, 

 17.5 to 20 (average, 19.3) mm. ; middle toe with claw, 16 to 17.5 (average, 

 16.9) mm. 



" Type locality. — South Park, King County, Washington. 

 "Geographic distribution. — Pacific slope, from Oregon north to 

 southern Vancouver Island, the valley of the Fraser River, and slightly 

 farther along the mainland coast. Resident probably throughout its 

 range, at least from Puget Sound southward. 



"Type.— Male, adult; No. 135210, U. S. N. M. ; South Park, King 

 County, Washington, December 19, 1S94 ; L. M. Turner. 



"Description. — Above rich dark bistre, slightly deeper on head, 

 shading to vandyke brown on rump, the feathers of which have more or 

 less concealed white spots ; upper tail coverts sepia, inconspicuously 

 marked transversely with darker brown. Wings fuscous, their coverts 

 and the exterior webs of secondaries mostly like the back, the latter 

 obscurely barred with blackish, basal half of outer primaries margined 

 exteriorly with pale brown. Tail black, middle feathers sepia, with 

 narrow bars of black; all the rest tipped with dull gray and more or 

 less distinctly barred externally with sepia; outer- pair with indenta- 

 tions of grayish white on terminal portion of exterior webs. Super- 

 ciliary stripe white, lores and cheeks grayish white, the two last men- 

 tioned mixed with dark brown; postocular streak reddish sepia; sides 

 of neck deep brownish gray ; lower parts grayish white, most nearly 

 pure white on chin, strongly tinged with brownish gray on sides, this 

 color becoming more ferruginous and more conspicuous on flanks ; 

 lower tail-coverts heavily barred with black; lining of wing grayish 

 white." 



"Since the type of Troglodytes spilurus Vigors undoubtedly came 

 from California, the present race seems to have received hitherto no dis- 

 tinctive title. It differs from spilurus, its nearest ally, in conspicuously 

 larger bill, besides averaging greater in all its other measurements. The 

 upper surface seems to be usually rather deeper and richer brown ; the 

 flanks somewhat more rufescent. From bezuickii, calophonus is easily 

 distinguished by deeper, more sooty brown above, much darker sides 

 and flanks, wider superciliary stripe, decidedly longer bill, tarsus and 

 middle toe. It may be readily separated from drymcecus by the much 

 darker flanks and upper surface, larger bill and feet. Compared with 

 nesophilus, it differs in darker, more reddish brown upper surface, and 

 in larger size, this most apparent in the tail and culmen. From c/iari- 

 enturus this northwest coast form may be readily discriminated by 

 darker, much more reddish brown flanks and upper surface, longer 

 middle toe and culmen." 



