GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEREITOEIES. 



673 



This may be considered as a rare bird in the tract of country through 

 which we passed, as I saw but one specimen, which I shot — No. 240, 

 (62297.) 



Family 7. — TROGLODTTiDiE, the Wrens. 



(Sub-family Gampylorhynchince.) 



Salpinctes obsoletns, Cab., (rock-wren.) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



64 



616654 



<? 



June 14, 1872 



6ix9 



Ogden, Utah. 



ffab. — High central plains through the Rocky Mountains to the Coast 

 and Cascade Ranges, (but not on the Pacific coast ?) 



This bird is very i)roperly called the " rock-wren," for high up the 

 mountain sides and among the rocks it lives, lays its eggs, and teaches 

 its young the use of their tiny wings. They are noisy creatures, and seem 

 to take great j^leasure in darting from rock to rock, keeping generally 

 out of sight. 



I shot the first of this species that I saw on one of the rocky spurs of 

 the Wahsatch Range, near Ogden — No.' 64, (61654.) They were quite 

 abundant on the rocky hills near the Hot Sulphur Springs, ten miles 

 north of Ogden. 



(Sub-family Troglodytince.) 



CistoiJiorus palustris, Cub., (long-billed marsh-wren.) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



302 



62327 



^ 



Oct. 14,1872 



5iX 7 



Fort Hall, Idaho. 



Sal). — North America from Atlantic to Pacific, north to Greenland. 



Fort Hall is the only place where I found the long-billed marsh- wren. 

 I saw several of them there, but succeeded only in obtaining one speci- 

 men — No. 302, (62327.) This bird, though not gay in colors, is a sweet 

 songster. 



Tror/lodytes parJcmanni, Aud., (Parkman's wren:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



172 



306 



62328 

 62329 



5 



July 18,1872 

 July 9, 1872 



4i X 6f 

 4i X 6i 



North Ferk, Idaho. 

 Fort Ellis, Mont. 



Hab. — Western America, from the high central plains and Upper Mis- 

 souri to the Pacific. 



This little bird, very similar to our house-wren, (T. cedon,) was quite 

 common at North or Henry's Fork of Snake River, Middle Fork, Teton 



Canon, and Fort Ellis. 

 43 G s 



I found its nest, on the 20th of July, at Middle 



