554 
(90.) 
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
2.25 (2.09), tail 1.85-2.12 (1.98), culmen .45-.55 (.49), bill 
from nostril .30-.40 (.35), tarsus .60-.70 (.66). Eggs .64 
X 48. Had. Western United States, east to Mississippi 
Valley (Minnesota, Illinois, etc.), south over table-lands 
of Mexico, as far as Vera Cruz. 
72la. T. aédon parkmanii (Avup.). Parkman’s Wren. 
ad. Lower parts isabella-color, deeper on sides, the middle of the belly 
whitish ; otherwise much like 7. aédon; length about 4.50, wing 
1.95-2.10, tail 1.50-1.70, exposed culmen .50-.55, tarsus .70-.80. 
Hab. Southern Mexico (Oaxaca, Yucatan, etc.) to Costa Rica. 
T. intermedius Cas. Central American House Wren.! 
c. A very distinct superciliary stripe of buffy or ochraceous. 
d', Above umber-brown, barred, except on head and neck, with darker; 
lower parts deep tawny buff, deepest on throat and chest, paler 
(sometimes nearly white) on middle of belly; flanks and under 
tail-coverts distinctly barred with dusky, whitish, and tawny 
buff. Young: “ Very similar to adult . . . but darker on the 
upper surface and mottled underneath, the feathers of the 
breast and sides edged and barred with blackish, producing a 
somewhat banded appearance; under tail-coverts nearly uni- 
form rufous; throat and centre of breast and abdomen paler, 
and . . . obseurely barred with dusky blackish.” (SHARPE) _ 
Length about 4.25-4.50, wing 1.90-2.08 (2.01), tail 1.60-1.82 
(1.75), exposed culmen .50-.52 (.51), tarsus .70-.74 (.71). Hab. 
Southeastern Mexico (Puebla, Orizaba, Oaxaca, etc.). 
T. brunneicollis Sct. Tawny-throated Wren.? 
d@. Darker and richer colored, the tail “dark rufous-brown, barred 
with black,” the superciliary stripe and lower parts “deep 
orange-rufous.” Young: “Lighter and more rufescent, the 
back barred with dusky blackish, the feathers of the head 
having blackish margins;” lower parts “ plentifully mottled, 
all the feathers being margined with dusky blackish.” Length 
4.40, “culmen .55, wing 1.85, tail 1.50, tarsus .70.” Hab. High- 
lands of Guatemala. 
T. rufociliatus SaarPe. Rufous-browed Wren.® 
a?. Tail less than three-fourths as long as wing. (Nest of moss, etc., lined with soft 
feathers, built in crevices of dead logs or stumps, in thick coniferous woods. 
Eggs 5-7, white or creamy white, finely but rather sparingly speckled with 
reddish brown, sometimes nearly immaculate). (Subgenus Anorthura 
RENNIE.) 
6. Exposed culmen not more than .45; above deep brown, duller anteriorly, 
1 Troglodytes intermedius Cas., Jour. fiir Orn. 1860, 407. 
2 Troglodytes brunneicollis Scx., P. Z. 8. 1858, 297. 
3 Troglodytes rufociliatus Suarre, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. 1881, 262. (Described as a subspecies of 7. brun- 
neicollis.) 
