THRY0TH0RU8, 



123 



m. Wingii ooiieideral)ly longer than tail ; 



bill ttliui'tur than tarttuti . . 



g. Wings litttu longer than tail; bill 



longt)!' than tuiHUs .... 



B. Iluad black, with whitu uhtittk-paloh ; r«)8t of uppur part 



deep uhextuut. 



((. Thriiiit white, pa».ting into obudtnut behind. Sides 



ob.suletely bunded with biuik .... 



b. Beneath white, tinned with rntouM on abdomen. 



Throat plain ; loxt of under parta barred trans- 

 verHely witii black ...... 



c. Beneath white, tinj^ed with chestnut on flanka and 



anal region. Whole under partH from bill to tail 

 banded trausveraely with black 



gnlbrnilhi. 



luiiijirDstris.^ 



caataueua. 



ui(fricaj)illu$. 

 nchottii. 



The following is the more natural nrrnngomont of the sitocies just 

 mciitioiK'd, us based upon their peculiarities of form : — 



ThryophilUB" mfalhus, p')liojileur(i, sintdoa, vnxlestun, nihipectus, galhruithi, 



slnoliiliis, InnijiroHtria, castanens, niijricdpHlus, srholtii, 

 PheugtpediUB: fasciato-ventris, pleutosUctuaf maculipectua, rutilua, /elix, 



curai/d, melaAoa. 

 ThryothoruB : ludoiicianua. berlandieri, petenicua. 

 ThryonaaneB : bewichii, npilunta, leucoyuster. 



Tlif'st' lire followed by the species of TroglodyteB, Anorthura, ClBto- 

 thorus, and Telmatodytes, synopses of which will be given 

 further on. 



The following species of the group of Troglodytidae I have not had 

 the opportunity of examining: — 



ThryothoruB pleurostictuB, Sclatbr, Ibis, 1860, 80 <'Guateraala). — In. 

 Catal. 18dl, 21, no. 13G. See page 121 (" (iulf of Nicoya," Salvin in letter). 



ThryothoruB murinuB, Hautlaub, Rev. and Mag. Zool. 18.52, 4 (Rio Frio, 

 liolween I'uebia and City of Mexico). (How ut^nr petenicua and <il hi nucha f) 



TroglodyteB albinucha, Cabot, Pr. Boat. N. H. Soc. II, 1847, 258 (Yuca- 

 tan). I'ostiibly T. petenicus, and if so, prior to it. 



a. TlIRYOTHORUS. 



Thryotliorus ludovicianus. 



Sylvia ludoi ciana, Lath. Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 548. — Tro(;lo<lytes ludo' 

 vicianua, LicuT. Verz. 1823, 35 ; also of Bonaparte and Audubon. — 

 Prince Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 110. — Thryothorus linlovicianus, 

 BoN. List, 183<<, etc.— Cab. Mus. Heln. I, 1850, 78.— Baikd, Birds 

 N. Am. 1858, 361.— Sclater, Catal. 1861, 20. 



' See note on lonyirustris and its allies, under T. gulbraithi, p. 132. 



