NO. QO BIRDS OF ISLA COIBA, PANAMA—WETMORE 75 
The status of the little-known Iridoprocne stolzmanni (Philippi), 
described from the coast of Pert, also requires further study, since 
the characters ascribed to it appear to represent such a considerable 
difference from albilinea, that it should be treated as a separate 
species. I have therefore listed the Panamanian birds under the 
specific name, since no subspecies are apparent. 
Family TROGLoDYTIDAE: Wrens 
TROGLODYTES AEDON Vieillot: House Wren, Ruisefior 
Troglodytes aedon VietLLot, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique 
septentrionale, vol. 2, 1807 (1808?), p. 52, pl. 107. (New York, N. Y.) 
The house wren was widely distributed since on Coiba it is a forest 
inhabitant, as it is on the islands in the Archipiélago de las Perlas. 
Fic. 9.—House Wren, Ruisefior. 
It was common in the brush near the beach line, also in the swampy 
woods back of the mangroves, and was encountered regularly 
throughout the high interior forest. Normally, I found the birds 
around fallen trees or in masses of vines in the undergrowth. When 
they ranged occasionally in the higher branches this seemed to be 
unusual. In the forest areas they were shy and often difficult to 
find, though they might call near at hand; but they had learned to 
come about the buildings of the headquarters and the penal camps 
to search around the roofs and walls and the crowns of the coconut 
palms, and then were more confiding. 
