1 80 ZOOLOG y— birds. 



U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1S70, 401.— Allen, Bui. Mns. Comp. Zoo!., 1872, 

 174 (mountains of Colorado ; Ogden, Utah).— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1S72, 

 ,S5.— Hold., Proc. Best. Soc. Nat, Hist, xv, 1,S7'_ > , 195 (Black Hills).— 

 Meeeiam, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 073.— Bd., Brew., & RiDG., N. A. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 135, pi. viii, fig. 3.— HENSHAW, An. Lye. Nat, Hist. N. Y., xi, 

 1S74, 3.—Id., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 41.— 

 Yaeeow & IIenshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 8. — 

 Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 100. — Allen, 

 Proc. Bost, Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 20.— CouES, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 

 Birds Northwest, 1874, 27. 



This wren is an abundant inhabitant of the central mountainous region 

 generally, and has been found by our parties to be common in nearly every 

 section visited in Eastern Nevada, Utah (especially the more southern por- 

 tion), Arizona, and New Mexico. In Colorado, it was found by Mr. Aiken, 

 who procured a number of specimens. It everywhere shows a most marked 

 predilection for rocky localities, and the confused masses of volcanic debris 

 in the wildest and most desolate regions appear to be especially congenial 

 to its nature. It occasionally, however, courts rather than shuns the pres- 

 ence of man; and, at Toquerville, .Utah, I often heard the sound of its bright, 

 cheery notes coming from the stone walls which inclose the gardens. In 

 the vicinity of Santa Fe', it breeds abundantly, and here, too, frequents the 

 neighborhood of gardens. 



The young in nesting plumage were taken at Fort Wingate, N. Mex., 

 Jul}- 1 4. On the 2 8th, at Zuni, a nest was found containing four young nearly 

 fledged. The nest proper was merely a pile of grasses, slightly hollowed, 

 and lined with horse hairs and bits of sheep's wool. This was placed in a 

 natural cavity of a clayey bank. It was without doubt a second brood. 



A second nest, obtained near Santa Ft', June 17, was placed on the 

 bare ground beneath an overhanging rock. The nest was merely a mass of 

 sticks, the interior nest being composed of strips of bark, and but slightly 

 hollowed. It contained three young and one egg. This was pure white, 

 spotted, chiefly at the large end, with fine reddish-brown markings. 



