iSgo.] Sennktt on T/trvof/iorns ludovtctanus lomitensis. C*l 



and taken one egg. He skinned her, but found no more eggs. I 

 shortly received both the skin and egg and sent the former to the 

 Ornithologist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture for posi- 

 tive identification. It is the form heretofore known as Buteo fu- 

 liginosus, now believed to be merely a dark color phase of B . 

 brachyurus (see W. E. D. Scott, Auk, VI, July, 18S9, 243-244). 



The egg is dull white, showing blue when held against strong 

 light. It is spotted on the larger end with reddish brown, in 

 small spots and blotches, over about one fourth of the surface. 

 A few finer spots extend to the middle of the smaller end where, 

 however, they can hardly be seen unless closely examined. The 

 egg measures ^5x41 mm. 



Until recently this tropical species was regarded as a rare if not 

 accidental visitor in Florida. The first positive record of its 

 breeding in the United States appeared in the last number of 

 'The Auk,' where Mr. W. E. D. Scott states that he found a pair 

 building at Tarpon Springs. The present record is of special 

 interest inasmuch as it not only increases the probability that the 

 species breeds regularly along the Gulf Coast of Florida, but 

 carries its range northward to St. Marks, which is in western 

 Florida, north of the Gulf. It would not be surprising if future 

 field work showed the breeding range of this species to extend 

 westward throughout the Gulf States wherever suitable localities 

 exist. 



A NEW WREN FROM THE LOWER RIO GRANDE, 



TEXAS, WITH NOTES ON BERLANDIER\S WREN 



OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO. 



BY GEORGE B. SENNETT. 



Few birds have been more puzzling than the specimens of 

 Thrycrt-horus which I collected on the Rio Grande in 1877. and 

 gave to the National Museum after sending them to Dr. Coues for 

 identification. Many examples, all of the same general character, 

 have since been obtained from the same locality. Certainly these 

 birds cannot be placed with T. ludovicianus, — Carolina Wren, — 



