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CERTHIADJE. 



INSESSORES. 



SCANSORES. 



CERTHIADJZ. 



Sylvia troglodytes, 

 Motacilla 



THE WREN. 



Troglodytes vulgaris. 



The Wren, 

 Common Wren, 

 The 



Troglodytes vulgaris, Common 

 Europeans 



The 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 516. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. 



p. 272. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 73. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 390. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 1 53. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Sylvia troglodytes, Troglodyte ordinaire, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 233. 

 Troglodytes vulgaris, TEMM. Supplt. p. 160. 



TROGLODYTES. Generic Characters. Beak very slender, slightly curved, 

 pointed, the edges of the mandibles entire, without any depression or 

 notch. Nostrils oval, covered with a membrane. Wings very short, concave, 

 rounded; the first feather rather short, the fourth or fifth feather the 

 longest. Tail short. Feet rather long, slender ; the middle toe united at 

 the base to the outer toe, but not to the inner toe. 



