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TROGLODYTES. WREN. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum gracile, integrum, 

 mandibulae sequales. 



Ala breves rotundatae. 



Pedes simplices, digitis tribus 

 anticis, uno postico. 



Cauda ascendens. 



Beak slender, entire, the man- 

 dibles equal. 



Wings short and rounded. 



Feet simple, with three toes 

 before, and one behind. 



Tail bent upwards. 



HIS genus, like the preceding, was established 

 by the older ornithologists, but by the moderns 

 placed with the rest of the Warblers : there are 

 but two species, one of which is an inhabitant of 

 the old continent, the other of the new ; they 

 both feed on insects, worms, and small seeds. 



