CAMPYLORHYNCHUS. 547 



Genus CAMPYLORHYNCHUS Spix. (Page 539, pi. CXXL, fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Largest of the Wrens (length 7.00 to nearly 8.00) ; top 

 of head plain hrown (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. Nest 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. Eggs 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 1 . 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 3.30-3.50, tail 3.25- 

 3.50, exposed culmen .80-95, tarsus 1.05-1.12. Eggs .95 X -66. Sab. 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, etc.) 713. C. brunneicapillus (Lafr.). Cactus Wren. 



a 2 . 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. Sab. Southern portion of Lower California. 



714. C. afHnis Xantus. St. Lucas Cactus Wren. 



Genus SALPINCTES Cabanis. (Page 540, pi. CXXL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — 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 



