148 Noirnr ameimcan miips. 



a bird ol- tl.is species. X.ar San Die-o, in A,)ril, IHiVI, ho discovered one 

 ot Its nests built in a Ionv busl., only throe leet fn.ni the ground It was 

 quite open above, formed of twigs, grass, etc., an<l contained five e-.-s just 

 ready to hatcli, described as white with brown specks near the larger end 



Messrs. Vittall and Town.sen.l observed these birds in the marshviuea.lows 

 ot the Walilaniet. accompanied by their young, as i,arly as Mav. They s.-emed 

 to have all the habits ..f Marsh Wrens. Drs. ( tand^el and 'Heern.ann, who 

 observed them in California, describe them as keei.ing in h,w bushes and 

 piles ot brush, as well as about old dead trees and h.gs, over and around 

 vyhich they were Hitting with the greatest activity, uttering, wlien ai.j.roache.i 

 tlie usual grating scold of the Wrens. 



In Washington Territory 1 )r. Cooper states (hat this an.l the Winter Wren 

 are among the few birds that enliNcii the long rainy season with their .son-.s 

 which were as constantly lieard in the .lullest w.-ather as in the sunnv sprii^-' 

 llie young broods make their first appearance there in .Tunc. Dr 'su,.kk"v 

 louiid this s,,e.Mes very abundant at I'uget Sound, where it is a ..onstaiit 

 resident through.uit the year. On sunny days in Januarv mid in February 

 it was found among low thickets in con.paiiy with the smaller species At 

 this season they were v cry tame, allowing a person to approach them without 

 a].parent fear. He sj.eaks of the voice of the male as being harsh and lo.ul 

 during tiie breeding-sea.son, a-.d not unlike that of the common House Wren 



(JriNTs TROGLODYTES, \'ikmx. 



Tvo!,lo.h>les, VlI-.o.Lor. (.is. A,„. S. |,t. ||, ],m,7, .VJ. (Tyi..., Tr„„M,>frs „;/„„.) 



The diaracters of this genus are suthciently iu.h-cated in the .synoi.sis vn 

 l>agv LSI. They come very closa to tliose of nn/„f/,on>s, the nostrils e.s- 

 jK'ciall^v- being linear and ox..,l,„„g l.y a .scale. In this respect both differ 

 fmin lln-nophih,, „f Middle America. The bill is .shorter or not lom^er than 

 the head ; straight, .slender, and without notch. The tail is graduated and 

 shorter than th.' m.ich rounded wings, the featlu-rs narrow. The light super- 

 ciliary line of Thniutlwrus is almost entirely wanting. 



Species and Varieties, 



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