TR()(iLODYTI D.l': - THE WRENS. 



149 



val'. (I I II X <' (' ti ■"' ' >■' . 



/(. Aiiiirllinrii. 



Tiiil very sli.n't : diily iilioiil two tliinls tlio wing. 

 T. hyemalis. 

 .(. Size i,\' iiiinn ,.x,.,.|,i foi- shortci- tail, winjr iilionl 2.(10; rulliieii very 



sliaiMht. //'(/). Alculiaii Islauils 



/'. Much .siiialliM- tluiii (itdiiii, wing alionl 1.7i"). 



Pal(! ifddisli-lirown ; dusky bars ol' upper parts with whitish spots or in- 

 terspaces, lldh. Eastern Province United States ; Cordova r var. Ii // << m n I i ." . 



Dark ruliiMs aljove and helow; upper parl.s with low or almost no 

 whitisii spots. Hub. I'aeilie Province North America. var. jiu r i/i c n s . 



Troglodytes BBdon, Vii:im-. 



HOUSE WBEN; WOOD WBEN. 



Tniii/di/iitrs ,nl„„, Vir.ii.i.. (Us. Aui. Sept. II, 1S(I7, iri, pi. evil. — lii. Nmiv. Piet. XX.XIV, 

 IM'.i, .">(i(i. I'.AiLii, I'.inis N. Aiu. IS.".^, MH ; li''V. KW. ~ Sc i,.vri;i!, Catal. ISOl, -J-J, 

 nil. Ur.. Mavx.vim), H. K. .\hiss. llijlniiiilhivas wihm, (ali. .lour. IStiO, 4(»7. Syhi" 

 tloiiKsliai, \V,i.soN, Am. Oni. 1, ISOH, 12it, pi. vii. Triiiili,di//,s Jniviin, NlTT. Man. 

 I, is;t2, i-l-l. f Tr^'ului/ii/rsdmi-rkiiiiiin, Arii. (Ini. Bioj,'. II, 18:J4, ■liV.i ; V, ISyi), -Iti'.t, 

 111. ilxxix. 111. llirds Am. II, 1841, l'i3, pi. cxix. — H.uitn, birds N. Am. IhaS, 3(iS ; 

 l!iv. 1, 1 11. 



Other lignrcs ; Ai n. (hii. liiog. 1, l.s:il. pi. Ixxxiii. - In. Bird.s Am. II, 1841, jil. cxx. 



Si'. ('u..,i. Tail and wings about e(pial. Mill shorter than the head. Above reddi.sh- 

 brown. darker towards the head, brighter on the rump. The leathers everywhere, except, 

 on tlie head and neck, baried with dusky ; obscurely .so on the back, and still less on the 

 rump. All the tail-ti^alliers barreil Inim the base: the conlrast, mori! vivid on the exterior 



one. li( alb jiale luh ons-while, tinged with light biownish rcross the breast; the po.s- 



terior parls rallicr dark brown, obscurely banded, rnder lail-i'overts whitish, with dii.skv 

 bars. \n iiidi-^lincl lii:- over (he eye, eyeliiis, and loral region, whiti.sh. Cheeks brown, 

 streaked with whitish. Lenglh, l.!M) ; wing, 'J.(»S: tail. li.dO. 



H.Mi. Eastern Province ol' ilie Tniled Statc>. iVom .Vtlanlic to the .Missouri Uiver. 



Ill till' h'ovit'w di' Aii.t'iieiui liinis (\k I :'>!»), I Iitivo establislicd a 

 (i::()rii>!, to umlifiicc. siii'L'iiiii'tis I'l'niii ^Icxico pulci' llniii (li/aii, tiiul 

 bniwiiisli tiiioo on Uic brciist, iuid smaller si/c. 



TliL'Ui cau seai'ct'ly he iiiiy tlmiht that tlio 7'. mnirlfiniKs ol' And 

 iKttliiiio; more tliaii this s|i(rifs in daiU. acfideiitally .stiiled pluiiui; 

 charcnal of lainil tices, etc.). 



H.vlilTs. Till' ciiiuiiKiii House Wren is i'ouiid 

 Lliruuoiiuut ilie I'liited Slates, iVoiii llie Atlaiitie 

 to tiie lioeky Mouiilaiiis, tlinttoli it is iml eveiy- 

 wliere e([iially aliiiiidaiit Tims, wliile in some 

 l)arls III' .Massaelui.setts it ocetirs in eonsiilei- 

 alile immliers every year, in oilier port ions iml 

 twenty niiles distant it is never seen. West id' 

 till! Iioeky Motinlains it is rt'iilaeed l.y I'ark- 

 iiian's vV'ren, wliieli is nitlier a raee than a dis- 



variety, 

 with ii 



nlioii is 

 ;e (I'm 111 



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