TUOGLODYTID.K — THE WRENS. I57 



he was exaiuiiiiiin' tlieiii. The iiest wsis seven inches in h-nj^tli and lour and a 

 half in hreadtii. Its walls were coniposed of mosses and licliens, and were 

 nearly two inches in tiiickness. The cavity was very warndy lined with the 

 fur of the iVnierican iiaro and ii few sol't feathers. Another nest found on 

 the ]Moiiawk-, in New York, was similar, hut smaller, and huilt against the 

 side of a rock near its liottom. 



Afr. AVilliani F. [fall met with the nest and eggs of this bird at Camp 

 Sehois in the central eastern ])ortion of ]\Iaine. It was huilt in an unoc(!U]iied 

 log-hut, among tlie fir-lenves and mosses in a crevice l)etween the logs. It 

 was large and bulky, conijio.sed externally of mosses and lined with the fur 

 of hedge-iiogs, and the feathers of the sjnuce partridge and other liirds. It 

 was in the sliape of a ]iouch, and the entrance was neatly framed with hue 

 pine stick.s. The eggs were six in nundtcr, and .somewhat resemliled those of 

 the I'orufi afriiitpillufi. The female was seen and fully identified. 



In this nest, wiiich measured live and three tpiarters inches by five in 

 breadth, the size, solidity, and strength, in view of the diminutive jirojxjrtions 

 of its tiny architect, are (juite remarkable The walls were two inches in 

 thickness .and very strongly im])acted and interwovtui. The cavity was an 

 inch and a quarter wide and four inches deep. Its heinhjck framework had 

 been made of green materials, and their strong and agreeable odor ])ervade(l 

 the structure. The eggs measured .(i") by .48 of an inch, and were s])otted 

 with a bright reddish-brown and a few pale markings of iJurjdish-slate, on a 

 pure white ground. Com])ared with the eggs of the European Wren their 

 eggs are larger, less oval in sliape, and the spots mucii more marked in 

 their character and distinctness. 



Troglodytes parvulus, var. alascensis, Uaiiui. 



ALASKA WBEN. 



Tivglodi/lai alasaitm's, H.viiili, Tiaiis. <'lii(iif;o Aiad. Sc. I, ii, 31 "1, ]>!. xx.\, tig. 3, 1809. — 

 Dam. & lU.NNisTKit (AliiskiO. -fuiKscii, Ornitii. X. W. Aiiiwikas, 187-2, 30. 



Sp. CiiAit. ^ 11(1., (;l,3-J!), Aiiiiikiiiik Isliiml, riiiiliis.likii, (ht. 21. 1S71 ; W. II. DaU. 

 Aliovc iiinlit'r-lirowii, more nili'scciit 1111 tin' wiujjs, ruiii|i. and tail ; si'cuMilarit's ami lail- 

 featiit'rs showinir iiidistinct Iraiisvui-se dusky liars: |iviiuai-ics alioiit (M|ii:dly liari'cd with 

 l)laokisli and dilntc^ iniil>i'i' of lirnwnish-wliilc ; iniildli'-covcits li|i|)('(I \viili a small white 

 dot, iireccilfd liy a lilack one. Lowci' pai't, inrhuiiiiir a rather distinct .siipfrciliaiy stripe, 

 pale oohniuoons-unilH'i' ; sides. Hanks, alidonicn. and cii.ssnni distini'tly baircd with dusky 

 and whitish on a rusty ^'round ; cii.ssuni with sa^'itlato spots of white. Wing, 2.20; tail, 

 1.00 ; culiiuMi, .05 ; tarsus, .7."). 



Had. Aleutian and I'rihylow Islands, Alaska. 



The specimen above described represents about the average of a large 

 series obtained on Amaknak Island by Mr. Dall. They vary .somewhat 

 among themselves as regards dimensions, but all are very mucli larger than 



