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Vol. XVII 
1900 
OBERHOLSER, A New Wren from Alaska. 25 
COMPARATIVE MEASUREMENTS. 
cf 2 
Bill. Bill. 
Wing. | Tarsus. |\;—————— || Wing. | Tarsus. |- 
Culmen} Nostril. Culmen| Nostril. 
H. fuscescens | 3.92-F | 1-15 49+ | .37+ || 3.80 T.I5+ | 50+ | .36+ 
H. f. salicicola | 3.94+ | 1.164 | .49+ | .37-+:1/ 3-77—| 1-13+ | 49+ |] .364+ 
A NEW WREN FROM ALASKA. 
BY HARRY C. OBERHOLSER. 
Tue Wren inhabiting the westernmost islands of the Aleutian 
group proves, upon examination, to be easily distinguishable from 
that found from Unalaska eastward and with which it has 
hitherto been considered identical. The type of Avorthura alas- 
censis came from Saint George, one of the Pribilof Islands, and is 
apparently the same as the Unalaska bird, being certainly differ- 
ent from the form on the western Aleutians; which latter, thus 
entitled to a new name, may be called 
Anorthura meligera, sp. nov. 
Cuars. sp.— Anorthura A. alascensi afints sed obscurior, multo minus 
riufescens, corpore postertore mags distincte fasctato. 
Al., 50.5-55.5 (52.9) mm.; caud., 33-5-37 (34-3) mm.; culm. exp., 14-16 
(15:1) mm.; tars., 18.5-20 (19.2) mm. 
Geographic Distribution. —The westernmost islands of the Aleutian 
group, Alaska. 
Description. — Type, female adult, No. 135647, U.S. Nat. Mus.; Attu 
Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, June 4, 1894; C. H. Townsend. Above 
sepia brown, reddening somewhat posteriorly, the lower back indistinctly, 
the rump and superior tail-coverts distinctly barred with blackish ; tail 
prout’s, brown, paler exteriorly, barred with blackish; wings fuscous, the 
secondaries and wing-coverts indented with dull ochraceous, the prima- 
ries with buffy; sides of head like the back, mottled with buffy; super- 
