TROGLODYTES rectirostris, 

 Straight-billed Wren. 



Troglodytes. Rmi. Cuvier. Vieillot. Sylvia. Latham. Tcniminck. 

 Generic Character. 



Rostrum curvattim, raro rectum, latcribus compressis ; apice lix cmcr- 

 ginato. Nares ba-sahs. Aloe brevissimcF, rotundatce, remigum 

 majoriim 3 extcriorum longitudwe quartce longitudincm superante, 

 cocteris paribus et vix remigibus minoribus longioribus. Red rices 

 breves, fasciculata:, ercctcc. Hallux digito medio brexior. Plumce 

 fusc(£. 



3ill curved; rarely straight, the sides compressed, the tip slightly 

 notched. Nostrils basal. Wings remarkably short, rounded, 

 the three exterior greater quills shorter than the fourth ; the 

 remainder of equal length, and hardly longer than the lesser 

 quills. Tail-feathers weak, short, fasciculated, and generally 

 carried erect. Hind toe shorter than the middle toe. Plumage 

 brown. 



Generic Types MotacillcE troglodytes et furva. Gm. Ccrthice famili- 

 aris, palustris, et Caroliniana. Wilson, Am.. Orn. 



Specific Character. 

 T.fuscus, jugulo pcctorcque pallidioribus ; mcnto nigricante ; corporc 

 medio niveo ; rectricibus angustis, nigris ; mandibulcc superiore 

 apice adunco. 



Brown; throat and breast paler ; chin blackish, middle of the body 

 snowy, feathers of the tail black and narrow; tip of the upper 

 mandible hooked. 



J. HIS singular little bird agrees more in its general charac- 

 ter with Troglodytes, than with any other established genus \ 

 yet with this its similitude is but slight. Anxious, nevertheless, 

 to avoid what might hereafter prove an unnecessary innova- 

 tion, I have placed it with the Wrens, under the distinguish- 



PI. 110. 



