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[717.] Catherpes mexicanus (Swains.). 



White-throated Wren. 



Thryothorus mexicanus Swains. Zool. 111. 2d ser. I. 1829, pi. 11. 

 Catherpes mexicanus Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 356. 



[B263, C- RS9, C66.] 



Geog. Dist. — Mexico, from Oaxaca and Orizaba northward on the 

 tablelands. Texas (Giraud). 



717 a. Catherpes mezicauus conspersus Ridgw. 



Canon Wren. 



Catherpes mexicanus var. conspersus Ridgw. Am. Nat. VII. Oct. 

 1873,602. 



[B 26z,part, C 46, R 59^, C 67.] 



Geog. Dist. — Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region, from the 

 Sierra Nevada and Cascades eastward to southern Idaho, Wyoming, 

 Colorado, and western Texas ; south on the tablelands of Mexico to 

 Aguas Calientes. Breeds nearly throughout its range ; resident in 

 the southern parts of its United States distribution. 



717 b. Catherpes mexicanus puuctulatus Ridgw. 



Dotted Canon Wren. 



Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 

 Sept. 5, 1882, 343. 



[B 26^, part, C ^6, part, R ^(),part, C 6"], part.'] 



Geog. Dist. — Oregon and California, west of the Cascades and 

 Sierra Nevada, and Lower California. Resident from central Cali- 

 fornia southward. 



Genus THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. 



Subgenus THRYOTHORUS. 



Thryothorus Vieill. Analyse, 18 16, 45. Type, Troglodytes 

 arundinaceus Vieill. = Sylvia ludoviciana Lath. 



