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[717.] Catherpes mexicanus (Swains.). 



White-throated Wren. 



Thryothorus mexicanus Swains. Zool. 111. 2d ser. I. 1829, pi. 11. 

 Catherpes mexicanus Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 356. 



[B263, C— R59, C66.] 



Geog. Dist. — Mexico, from Oaxaca and Orizaba northward on the 

 tablelands. Texas (Giraud). 



717 «. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus Ridgw. 



Canon Wren. 



Catherpes mexicanus var. conspersus Ridgw. Am. Nat. VII. Oct. 

 1873, 602. 



[B 26z,part, C 46, R 59^, C 67.] 



Geog. Dist. — Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region, from the 

 Sierra Nevada and Cascades eastward to southern Idaho, Wyoming, 

 Colorado, and western Texas ; south on the tablelands of Mexico to 

 Aguas Calientes. Breeds nearly throughout its range ; resident in 

 the southern parts of its United States distribution. 



717^. Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus Ridgw. 



Dotted Canon Wren. 



Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 

 Sept. 5, 1882, 343. 



[B 262,^ part, C ^6,part^ R 59, /^r/, C 67, /^r/.] 



Geog. Dist. — Oregon and California, west of the Cascades and 

 Sierra Nevada, and Lower California. Resident from central Cali- 

 fornia southward. 



Genus THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. 



Subgenus THRYOTHORUS. 



Thryothorus Vieill. Analyse, 1816, 45. Type, Troglodytes 

 arundinaceus Vieill. = Sylvia ludoviciana Lath. 



