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nest, which is constructed of roots and moss, in a crevice 

 of a rock, or in the root of some upturned tree in the river- 

 bed near or under a waterfall, and lays 3 to 5 eggs, which are 

 pale greenish grey or greyish white minutely speckled with 

 pink, pale purplish-pink, or pinkish-brown dots. Examples in 

 my collection are almost uniform greyish white, the dots being 

 scarcely visible, and in size vary from T57 to 1*87 in length 

 and from 0'95 to 1*0 in breadth. 



1219. JAPANESE WREN. 

 TROGLODYTES FUMIGATUS. 



Troglodytes fumigatus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 161 (1835) ; David and 

 Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 225 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. p. 276, 

 pi. xvi. fig. 2 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 89 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 206 ; T. dauricus, Dyb. and Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1884, 

 p. 155. 



Misosazai, Jap. 



$ ad. (Japan). Differs from T. parvulus in being more rufous and 

 much darker and, as a rule more distinctly barred both on the upper and 

 under parts ; bill brown, the lower mandible yellowish ; feet rufous, the 

 claws yellowish ; iris brown. Culmen 0'5, wing 2*1, tail T2, tarsus 07 

 inch. Examples, even from the same locality, vary considerably in colour 

 some being paler than others. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia, Northern China, Corea, and Japan. 



In its general habits this species is said to resemble T. 

 parvulus, but is wilder ; it is found high up in the mountains 

 of Japan in the summer, and in winter frequents bushes near 

 streams in the lowlands. Its song is described by Mr. Jouy as 

 low, delicious, and warbling, similar to that of the American 

 Winter Wren. 



Taczanowski separates the form from Dauria, the Ussuri 

 country, and Corea, subspecifically under the name T. dauricus, 

 but I doubt if the slight differences in colour justify this. Dr. 

 Stejneger also considers the form from Bering Island as 

 separable, and described it (Zeit. Gesammt. Orn. 1884, p. 11) 

 under the name T. pallescens, and he likewise separates 

 under the name T. fumigatus kurilensis (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1888, p. 548) the Wren from the Kurile Islands. 



The nest of this Wren resembles that of T. parmdus and its 

 eggs 6 to 7 in number, are laid late in April or in May, and 

 also resemble those of that species, being white faintly dotted 

 with red, and average 0'7 by 0'52. 



