TUociLoDVTID.K -THE WKKNS. ir)7 



he was e.\aiiiiniii«^^ them. The nest was seven inches in h-njith and ionr and a 

 half in hreadth. Its walls wei-e eonHM>se«l of mosses and liehens, and were 

 nearly two inches in tliickness. The cavity was very warndy lined with the 

 fnr of the American iiare and a few soft feathers. Anotlier nest found on 

 the Mohawk, in New York, was similar, hut smaller, and huilt a;^ainst the 

 side of a rock near its Itottom. 



^Ir. William F. Hall met with the nest and e;4^s of this hird at C'am]» 

 SelM»is in the central eastern }»f»rtion of Maine. It was l»uilt in an unoccujaed 

 lo^'-hut, amonu the tir-leaves and mosses in a crevice l>etween the lo^s. It 

 was hirj^e and hulky, conijiosed externally of mosses an<l lined with the fur 

 of hed«^e-ho,i;s, and the feathers of the spruce partridj^e ami other hirds. It 

 was in the shapes of a j»ouch, an«l the entrance was neatly frameil with tine 

 pine sticks. The eji^rs were six in nund»er, and somewhat resend>led those of 

 the Pon/s nfrint/n'/ins. The female was seen and fully identitied. 



In this nest, wliich measuR-d hve and three (piarters inches hy five in 

 breadth, the size, solidity, and stren^ith, in view of the diminutive ]»roportions 

 of its tiny architect, are (piite remarkahle. The walls were two inches in 

 thickness anjl verv stron<jlv im])acte(l and interwoven. The cavitv was an 

 inch and a (juarter wide and four inches deep. Its hendock framework had 

 l>ee!i made of j^neeii materials, and their strong and aj,n'eeal»le odor j>ervaded 

 the structure. The eir^'s measured .()."> l»y .4S of an inch, and were s])otted 

 with a hrij.;ht reddish-hrown and a few pale markin^s of pur] dish-slate, on a 

 pure white pound. Com] tared with the e<x;j;s of the Kuro])oan AVren their 

 eu^'s are larger, less oval in sha]»e, and the sjxits much more marked in 

 their character and distinctness. 



TroglodjTtes parvulus, var. alascensis, Baiud. 



ALASKA WBEH. 



Trotjhnbttai ahisci lists, Baikd, Trans. Chirajjo A»a«l. S«'. I, ii, 315, pi. xxx, fig. 3, 1869. — 

 Dam. vt P>A.\NisTKU (Ala.ska). ^ FkiKscH, Oinith. X. W. Aim'iika.s, 1872, 30. 



Sp. Chak. $ ad.. »)1,:3-J9, Aiuaknak Island, I'lialasi-hka, Oct. 'Jl. 1S71 ; W. II. Dall. 

 Al»ove niiiUei-l)r<)\vii, iiioro nifi'sccnt on tli*- wiiitrs. nuiip. and tail; sccuudarics and tail- 

 feathers sliowiniL' indistint-t transverse dnskv liars: ])riniaries alumt ei|ii;illy l»arred with 

 blackish and dilute uniher or l>n»\vnish-\vhil<' ; nuddle-c«>verts tipped with a sjnall white 

 dot, preceded hy a hla«-k <tne. Lower |>art, inclndinir a rather distinct sujtciciliary stripe, 

 pale oehraceous-uniher ; sides, llanks. ahdoint'U. and crissuni distinctly barred with dusky 

 and whitish on a rusty irroun«l; crissuni with sagittate t;pots of white. Wing, 2.20; tail, 

 l.fiO ; culnien, .05 ; tarsus. .75. 



Hab. Aleutian an<l Pribylow Islands, Alaska. 



The specimen above described re]iresents about the averatre of a larjjje 

 series obtained on Amaknak Island bv Mr. Dall. Thev vary somewhat 

 amon'C themselves as re«;ards dimensions, lait all are verv much laruer than 



