PASSERES— TROGLODYTIDAE— THRYOTHORUS BEWIOKL 



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THRYOTHORUS BEWICKI (Aud.), var. LEUCOGASTER, Baird. 

 "White-bellied Wren. 



Plate I, Fig. 1. 



Thryothorus bewiclcii var. leticogaster, Bd., Rev. Aiu. Birds, i, 1864, 127 (not of Gould).— 

 Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 86.— Bd., Brew., & Ridg., N. A. Birds, i, 

 1874, 147. — Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, 9.— Henshaw, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y r ., xi, 1871, 3.— Id., Ad. List 

 Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1S74, 41.— Id., Rep. Otd. Specs., 1873, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 101.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 31. 



Thryothorus bemcMi, Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila,, 1859, 191.— Coues, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat, Sci. Phila,, 18()6, 78 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.). 



Note.— The Troglodytes leucogastra of Gould, supposed by Baird to be this bird, 

 has been shown to be entirely different, But as Gould's bird falls in a different genus, 

 Baird's nauie leucogaster, of 1804, may be accepted for this variety. See Ibis, 1875, p. — . 



This wren was found to be of rather common occurrence in Southern 



Arizona, and to be generally, though rather sparingly, distributed throughout 



Eastern Arizona from Camp Apache southward. It, without doubt, occurs 



similarly in New Mexico. I know of nothing in its habits which peculiarly 



distinguishes it from its eastern relative. It seems to prefer the thickets and 



clumps of bushes on the open hill sides, where it spends much of its time 



on the ground searching for food among the roots. Besides possessing the 



usual variety of quaint, sputtering, wren-like notes, it has also a very pretty 



song, which I have heard only once or twice. This was a short warbling 



lay, much varied with low sweet trills, and occasionally interspersed with a 



hoarse scolding note. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



259 



35° 

 590 

 600 

 750 

 158 

 159 

 172 

 3 2 3 

 497 

 1344 

 960 



975 



5 ad. 



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 s 

 i 



9jun. 

 c?jun. 

 $]m\. 

 ,?jun. 

 $jun. 

 Ad. 

 !?jun. 

 $ ad. 



Washington, Utah 



Camp Apache, Ariz 



do 



Oct. 6, 1872 

 Oct. 20, 1872 



Oct. 23, 1872 

 Aug. 21, 1S73 

 Aug. 23, 1S73 

 Sept. 11, 1S73 

 July 19, 1S74 

 do 



H. W. Henshaw 











Dr. H. C. Yarrow and 



H. W. Henshaw. 

 H. W. Henshaw 



















do 



2. 25 

 2.25 

 2 -33 



2.15 



2-35 

 2.40 



0. 5S 

 °-55 



0.80 



0-73 

 0.63 



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Near Camp Apache, Ariz 

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July 20, 1874 

 Aug. 8, 1S74 

 Aug. 24, 1S74 

 Oct. — , 1S74 

 Oct. 3, 1874 

 1 li 1. 9, 1S74 



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Camp Crittenden, Ariz. 

 • amp Apache, Ariz . . . 



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do 



2.25 

 2. 12 

 2. 12 

 2.3S 



2.41 



2.44 

 2. 40 

 2.50 



o-53 

 0.54 



o.55 

 0.55 



o-73 

 0.71 

 0. 70 

 0.75 



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