HELEODYTES. BAT 
Genus HELEODYTES Cazanis (Page 539, pl. CXXI,, fig. 1.) 
Species. 
Common CuaractTErs.—Largest of the Wrens (length 7.00 to nearly 8.00); top 
of head plain brown (varying in tint from sepia to burnt-umber); back lighter 
brown, streaked with white and black; wings spotted with pale grayish brown 
and whitish on a dusky ground; middle tail-feathers brownish gray, transversely 
spotted with black; rest of tail black, transversely spotted or broadly barred, more 
or less, with white; a conspicuous white superciliary stripe, bordered beneath by a 
dusky line ; anterior lower parts white, more or less spotted with black ; posterior 
lower parts pale cinnamon-buff, or very pale buff, more sparsely marked with black. 
Young essentially like adults, but streaks on back much less sharply defined, mark- 
ings on lower parts smaller, and colors generally more suffused. West very bulky, 
more or less flask-shaped, of more or less horizontal position, the entrance at one 
end; placed in a cactus or other thorny shrub; composed of sticks, coarse straws, 
etc., lined with feathers, etc. Zygs with the ground-color whitish, creamy white, 
or salmon-buff, but this often nearly if not quite hidden by the density of the 
reddish brown sprinkling, the general hue being a light brownish pink. 
a’. Only the outer tail-feather with white bars for whole length, and even on this 
these bars complete, or uninterrupted, only on terminal portion; flanks 
deep buff, marked with narrow streaks or small spots (or both) of blackish ; 
throat and chest usually heavily spotted with black, in marked contrast with 
rest of lower parts; top of head sepia-brown (rarely varying to a burnt- 
umber or vandyke tint); length about 8.00-8.75, wing 3.30-8.50, tail 3.25— 
3.50, exposed culmen .80-.95, tarsus 1.05-1.12. Eygs .95 x .66. Hab. South- 
western border of United States, from southern Texas to coast of southern 
California, and south into northern and central Mexico (as far as Guana- 
juato, Guaymas, ete.)...... 713. H. brunneicapillus (Larr.). Cactus Wren. 
a’, All the tail-feathers, except middle pair, barred with white for their whole 
length; flanks white or very pale buff, marked with large rounded or tear- 
shaped spots of black; throat and chest usually not more heavily or con- 
spicuously spotted with black than other lower parts; top of head usually 
burnt-umber brown, sometimes almost chestnut; length 7.50-8.00, wing 
3.35-3.50, tail 3.20-3.40, exposed culmen .80-.90, tarsus 1.12-1.20. Eggs .95 
X .66. Hab. Southern portion of Lower California. 
(87.) 714. H. affinis Xantus. St, Lucas Cactus Wren. 
Genus SALPINCTES Capsanis. (Page 540, pl. CXXI., fig. 2.) 
Species. 
Common Cuaracters.—Adult: Above grayish brown, more or less speckled 
(usually sparsely) with dusky, the rump light cinnamon, the tail with large 
blotches of black and pale cinnamon, except middle feathers, which are narrowly 
1 Heleodytes CaBAN., Mus. Hein. i. 1850, 80. Type, Furnariue griseus Swains. (Cf. Pamer, Auk, x. 1893, 86.) 
