APPENDIX. 



TROGLODYTES HIRTENSIS. 

 ST.-KILDA WREN. 



Troglodytes hirtensis, Seebohm, Zoologist, 1884, p. 333 ; Dixon, Ibis, 1885, p. 80, 

 pi. iii. 



Since the article on the Common Wren was written, Mr. Dixoii has 

 visited St. Kilda and obtained an example of the Wren inhabiting that 

 island, which differs in many important respects from the Common Wivn 

 of Europe. The Wren inhabiting the west coast of Norway has also 

 been described by Mr. Stejneger (Zeitschrift ges. Orn. 1884, p. 10) as 

 distinct under the name of Troglodytes parvulus bergensis. A third new 

 species has also been added to the list from the Commander Islands in 

 Behring Sea by the same distinguished ornithologist, under the name of 

 Troglodytes pallescens (Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1883, p. 93). 



Mr. Stejneger, in his paper already quoted on the Common Wren and 



