184 ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



TROGLODYTES AEDON, Vieill., var. PARKMANNI, And. 

 Pnrkmniin's Wren. 



Troglodytes parhnanni, Aud., Orn. Biog\, v, 1839, 310. — Bd., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857, 

 pt. iv, 6. — Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 307. — Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. 

 Phila., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, Cal.).— Bd., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 

 ii, 1859, Birds, 13.— Coop. & Suckl., P. E. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, 1800, 191.— 

 Bd., Rev. Am. Birds, i, 1804, 140.— Coues, Proe, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1800, 

 78 (Fort Whipple).— Cooper, Proc. Cal. Acad., 1870, 75.— Id., Birds Cal., 

 1870, 71.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 404.— Aiken, Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist, 1872, 19C— Merriam, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 073.— 

 Hayd., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1802, 104. 



Troglodytes aedon var. parhmanni, Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 87. — Bd., Brew., & 

 RiDG., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 153.— Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 57, 74, 101. — Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Orn. 

 Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 8.— Henshaw, An. Lye. Nat, Hist. N. 

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

 Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 17, 20.— Coues, Birds 

 Northwest, 1874, 32. 



Troglodytes americanus, Heerm., P. R. R. Rep., x, pt. iv, 1S59, 41. 



Troglodytes aedon f , Heerm:., P. R, R. Rep., x, pt. iv, 1S59, 41. — Allen, Bui. Mus. 

 Conip. Zoiil., 1872, 174 (Eastern and Middle Kansas ; mountains of Colorado). 



This, the representative in the West of the well known House Wren, 

 is everywhere the most abundant of its tribe, retaining wherever found all 

 the well known habits and odd mixture of notes of its eastern analogue. 

 In the vicinity of settlements, it shows much familiarity, building freely in 

 the barns and outbuildings. It is, however, by no means confined to pop- 

 ulated districts, but inhabits the dense thickets of the streams, and extends 

 upward in the mountains to an altitude of 10,000 feet, inhabiting the pine 

 woods. 



In Colorado, I found a pair building May 23. Nearly a month later, a 

 nest was obtained, built in a small stub. The hole was nearly filled up 

 with a mass of twigs, in the center of which was left a deep cavity, lined 

 with sheeps' wool and feathers. It contained but a single egg. This was 

 white, covered with fine reddish-brown spots. 



