T!{<J( JLODVTID.K — THE WUKNS. 



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Hack witlinut, .streaks. No di.stinct suiiorrilinry stiipo. Troglodytes. 



Bill (;urvo(l, sub-conical. Tiiil ns long m* wing- Siihgcnu.s Troijlod i/fen. 

 Bill sti-ai;rlit, sulniliitu. Tail nmcli shorter than winf;. 



8ulijrcnii.s ^1 tin rill n r ii . 

 Back streaked with black and white. Cistothorus. 



Bill short, stout; its depth eipial to one half its length I'roni 

 the nostril ; gonys straight or even convex, ascending. Crow ji 

 streaked ; no distinct suiicrciliary stripe. Subgenus ('in loth or it s. 



Bill elongated, slender ; its deptb less than one third its length 

 from the nostril ; gonya slightly concave, declining. Crown not 

 streaked; a conspicuous superciliary stripe. Subgenus Telmatodyteit. 



Gknus CAMFYLORHYNCHUS, Siix. 



Campylorlijinchm, Si-ix, Av. Rriis. I, 1824, 77. (Type, C. si-nlupacean, Si>ix = Tiirdiin 

 varkguliis, Gmul.) 



Okv. Char. Bill stout, compressed, as long as, or longer than the head, without notch 

 or rictal bristles; culmcn and com- 

 missure curved ; gonys nearly straight. 

 Nostrils in the antero-inferior part of 

 nasal groove, in advance of the frontal 

 feathers, with an ovcil. mging scale 

 with thickened edge, as in T/irijotho- 

 rtts ; sometimes, as in the type, re- 

 duced to a slight ridge along the upper 

 side of the nasal groove. Lateral sep- 

 tum not projecting below or anterior- 

 ly into the nasal cavity, but concealed 

 by the nasal scale. Tarsus a little 

 longer than middle toe and claw ; 

 claws strong, much curved, and very 

 sharp ; middle toe with basal joint 

 adherent almost, throughout. Wings Cktmpjiiorhynchm bruntuicapiUus. 



and tail about ecpud, the latter graduated; the exterior webs of lateral feathers broad. 



This genus embraces the largest species of the family, tiiid is well rej)- 

 resented in Middle and Soutli America, two species oidy reaching into 

 North America, which may be di.sLinguished as follows : — 



Top of head and post-ocular stripe reddish-lirown ; baek streaked longitudi- 

 nally and linearly with whice. All the feathers beneath conspicuously sjwtted. 

 Crissum and tlanks with rounded or elougate(l spots. Iris re(ldish. No.-:trils 

 inferior, linear, overhung by a scale. Nests large and purse-shaped; eggs white, 

 profu.sely marked with salmon-colored or reddish spots. 



a. Spots much larger on throat and juguhun than elsewhere. Inner webs 

 of second to fifth tail-feathers {"betwecm middle and outer fealiiers) black, 

 except at tips. Li^ugih, 8.t)0 ; wing, ;J. 40;, tail, 3.."). Ilah. A(ijaccnt bor- 

 ders of United States and Mexico hniiiiieicajtilliin. 



b. Spots on throat and juguhun little larger than elsewhere. Inner webs of 

 intermediate tail-leathers banded with white like the outer. Length, 7.50. 



Hah, Cape St. Lucas afflnU. 



