234 BIEDS — ALAUDIDtE. 



Troglodytes stellaris, Lichtbnsteim 



Troglodytes irevirostris, N'Uttall, Mail., i, 1832, 436. 



Cistothoriis stellaris, Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 77. 



Dirk br.)s-a ibive, crown and middle of f.ln biok blackish, nearly every where conspi 

 cuously strealced with u'hile ; below buffy white, shadiag into pale brown on the sides and 

 behind ; wings and tail barred with blackish and light brown ; flanks barred with 

 dnslcy ; throat and middle of belly whitish. Length 4 J ; wing and tail about If; bill not 

 i long and very slender; tarsus, middle toe and claw together IJ. 



Habitat, Eastern United States in reedy swamps and marshes. 



Rare. Summer resident. Not given by Dr. Kirtland in 1838. Given by 

 Mr. Read as not abundant in Northern Ohio in 1853. It has since been 

 found breeding in the vicinity of Cleveland. Mr. Charles Dury informs 

 me that he has taken it at St. Mary's Reservoir. Mr. Langdon includes it 

 in his list of birds of probable occurrence. I think I have seen it on one or 

 two occasions in September, but have never positively identified it. 



The nest is said to be similarly located and of similar construction to 

 that of the Long-billed Marsh Wren, but the eggs differ from those of all 

 other North American birds of the family, in being white, unspotted. 



FAMILY ALAUDID^. LARKS. 



Outside of tarsus covered with two series of scutelia, one lapping entirely around in 

 front, the either entirely around behind, and meeting at a groove on the inside ; hind 

 edge blunt. First primary spurious or apparently wanting. Hind claw much length- 

 ened, scarcely curved. Nostrils with antrorse bristly feathers. Bill conico-elongate. 



Genus ALAUDA. Linaajus. 



Crown with a depressed soft crest of feathers, of normal structure ; a spurious prim- 

 ary ; tail deeply emarginate. 



Alauda aeyensis. Linnaeus. 



Alauda arvensis, Langdon, Tourn. Cin. Soo. Nat. Hist., i, 1878, 111 ; Revised List, Joum. 



Cin. Soc. Nat Hist., i, 1879, 176; Reprint, 10! 

 European Skylark, Harris, Field Notes, i, 1861, 65. 



Above grayish-brown, beneath whitish, with a buffy tinge across jugulnni and along 

 sides; every feather above with a medial streak of dnsky; sides of throat, sides, and 

 across jugolum streaked with dusky ; the outer tail feathers partly white, Wing 4.90 ; 

 tail ■J.rO ;' tarsus .80 ; hind claw .50. 



Habitat, Europe ; accidental in Greenland and the Bermudas. 



Introduced. Resident in Small numbers in the vicinity of Cincinnati 

 only. Inserted here on the authority of Mr. Langdon, who states that it 

 " breeds sparingly in the parks and suburbs of Cincinnati." It is" 

 doubtful if it succeeds in establishing a residence in this country. Sev- 

 eral years since, they were introduced upon Long Island, but after a few 



