TROGLODYTIDiE, WEENS. — GEN. 23, 24. 



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pi. 8 ; NuTT., i, 422 ; Aud., ii, 125, pi. 120 ; Bd., 3G7. Very variable in 

 precise tint, distinctness of the barring, etc. ; old spring l)irds are apt to ha 

 grayer and clearer below ; young fall specimens are usually lirowner. T. 

 americanus Aud., as I have said (Proc. Essex Inst, v, 18G7, 278 ; specimen 

 in my cabinet, personally identified by Audubon ; sec also jNIaynard, Guide, 

 p. 95), is not otherwise different, and I shall now drop it. . . . iEDON. 

 Var. parlitnanni Aud. On an average, grayer and paler. Western United 

 States (see Codes, Proc. Acad. Phil., 186G, p. 43). Bd., .307 ; Coop., 71. 



23. Genus ANORTHUEA Rennie. 



Winter Wren. Deep brown, darkest on head, brightest on rump and 

 tail, obscurely waved with dusky and sometimes witli whitish also; tail like 

 rump ; wings dusky, edged with 

 color of back, and dark barred; 

 several outer primaries also whitish 

 barred; a superciliary line, and ob- 

 scure streaks on sides of head and 

 neck, whitish ; below pale brown ; 

 belly, flanks and under tail coverts 

 strongly barred with dusky and 

 whitish. Only 4-4^ long ; extent 

 6J-6J ; wing 2 or less, tail 1^ or 

 less — so short that the outstretched feet reach beyond it. 



Fig 30 WniterWien. 



Tarsus and 



middle toe and claw together about 1^^ ; bill §. North America; United 

 States in winter. Sylvia /lyemalis, Wils., i, 139, pi. 8, f. 6; Trofj. 

 hyemalis, Aud., ii, 128, pi. 121; Bd., 3G9 ; Tror/. eurojKcus, Nutt., i, 

 427. Var. ^;ac(/?ctjs is described ; Bd., Rev. 145. . . . troglodytes. 

 r(5)(v Alaskan Wren. "Form like that of the winter wren ;" size and colors 

 nearly the same; darker; bill larger; culmen, gape and gonj^s almost per- 

 fectly straight — -latter slightly ascending. St. George's Island, Bering's 

 Sea. One specimen known. A variety of the last? Bd., Trans. Chic. 

 Acad., 1869,315, pi. 30, f . 3 alascensis. 



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. V 24. Genus TELMATODYTES Cabanis. 



Long-hilled Marsh Wren. Above clear brown, unl)arred, back Avith a 

 black patch containing distinct white streaks, crown brownish-black, super- 

 ciliary line to nape white : wings not noticeably barred, but outer webs of 

 inner secondaries blackish ; tail brown, dusky barred ; 

 below dull white, often quite pure, the sides alone 

 brownish-washed, and under tail coverts somewhat 

 barred. 4f-5J long; wing about 2, tail less, tarsus 

 f— J ; bill ^ or more, barely curved. North America ; 

 particularly reedy SM'amps and marshes of United 

 States, abundant. Wils., ii, 58, pi. 12, f. 4; Nutt., i, 439; Aud., ii, 

 135, pi. 123; Bd., 364; vtiv. paludicola, Bd., Rev. 148. . . palustris. 



Fig. 31. Long-billed Marsh 

 Wren; nat. size. 



