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Adult male.— length (skins), 92-106 (99.4); wing, 43-47 (45); tail, 

 36-41.5 (38.6); exposed culmen, 10-11 (10.5); tarsus, 15-17.5 (16.8); 

 middle toe, 10-12 (11.2)." 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 94-103.5 (97.5); wing, 41-45.5 (43); 

 tail, 35-38 (36.8); exposed culmen, 9.5-10.5 (10.1); tarsus, 15.5-17 

 (16.-4); middle toe, 10-12 (11).* 



Troglodytes stellaris Naumann, Vog. Deutsohl., iii, 1823, tab. top. 724 (Carolina; 

 ex Lichtenstein, manuscript). 



T[roglodytes] sieZfara Tkippe, Proc. Essex Inst., vi, 1871, 115 (Minnesota). 



{^Troglodytes\ stellaris Gkay, Hand-list, i, 1869, 190, no. 2603. 



Clisiotliorus'] stellaris Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 77, footnote. — Nelson, Bull. 

 Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 97 (n. e._ Illinois, breeding).— Coues, Key N. Am. 

 Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 280.— Eidqway, Man. N. Am.. Birds, 1887, 556^ 



Cislothorus stellaris Baied, Rep. Paciiic R. E. Surv., ix, 1858, 865; Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 269; Review Am. Birds, 1864, 146.— Sclater, Cat. Am. 

 Birds, 1862, 22, part (United States).— Ha yden, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, xii, 

 1862, 163 (Council Bluffs, Iowa; Big Sioux B.; Loup Fork of Platte R.).— 

 Allen, Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 83 (Massachusetts; summer resid.); Bull. 

 Mus. Comp. ZooL, ii, 1871, 167 (e. Florida, winter); Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 1, 1886, 260 (Massachussetts).— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 283 

 (near New York City).— Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1871, 20 (Fort 

 Macon, North Carolina, Oct.); Check List, 1873, no. 68; 2d ed., 1882, no. 81; 

 Birds N. W., 1874, 36; JBirds Col. Val., 1878, 180.— Maynakd, Birds Florida, 

 1873, 43. — Snow, Birds Kansas, 1873, 6. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 159, pi. 9, fig. 7; iii, 1874, 504 (Utah Lake, breed- 

 ing). — Yarrow and Hbnshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Survey, 1874, 9 

 (Provo, Utah, breeding). — Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1874, 

 41 (Provo, Utah); Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 185 (do.).— Brewster, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 22 (descr. young); vii, 1882, 121 (Gulf Ham- 

 mock, Florida, Nov.). — Merriam, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 6 (Lewis 

 Co., New York, Oct. 27); Auk, i, 1884, 59 (do.).— Roberts and Benner, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 13 (Grant Co., Minnesota).— Sharps, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 243.— Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 68; Orn. 

 Illinois, i, 1889, 98.— Spelman, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 118 (Rye 

 Beach, New Hampshire, several, Aug.). — Bailey (H. B.), Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, viii, 1883, 38 (St. Simons I., Georgia, breeding). — Roe, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 179 (Cornwall-on-Hudson, breeding). — Bicknell, 

 Auk, i, 1884, 139 (song; song period) . — Agersborg, Auk, ii, 1885, 278 (s. e. 

 South Dakota, breeding). — Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 327 (w. Manitoba, summer 

 resident). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 724. — 

 Coo-KE, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 274 (breeding chiefly north of 40°, to w. 

 Manitoba, w. to s. e. Dakota; dates of migr.); Bull. Col. State Agric. Coll., 

 no. 56, 1900, 222 (Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1 spec, Apr. 14, 1889).— Mearns, 

 Auk, vii, 1890, 56 (Cornwall-on-Hudson, breeding). — Scott, Auk, vii, 

 1890, 117 (Tarpon Springs, Florida, Sept. to Apr. 10; habits; remarks 

 on plumage). — Hasbeouck, Auk, vii, 1890, 291 (District Columbia, 1 spec. 

 May 9).— Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 629 (Manitoba, sum- 

 mer resident; habits; song; descr. nest). — Woodruff, Auk, ix, 1892, 202 

 (Litchfield, Connecticut). — Stone, Auk, xi, 1892, 204 (Cape May, New Jer- 

 sey, Jan. 26-29).— Nehrling, Our Native Birds, etc., i, 1893, 159.— Saun- 



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