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Length to end of tail 3% inches, to end of wings 3^-, to end of claws 4§; 

 extent of wings 6^; wing from flexure 1§; tail 1^; hill along the ridge T 5 2J 

 tarsus T 8 2; hind toe T %, its claw T 4 2 -; middle toe T 6 2, its claw f-f. Weight 6 dr. 



Female. 



The female is somewhat smaller than the male. 



Length to end of tail 3§ inches, to end of wings 3, to end of claws 4-f; 

 extent of wings 5f; wing from flexure 1-J; tail lj\. Weight 4 dr. 



Young in autumn. 



The upper parts are much darker than in the adult; the lower parts of a 

 deeper tint. 



Length to end of tail 3^- inches, to end of wings 3^-, to end of claws 4^; 

 extent of wings 5f; wing from flexure 1^*. 



The young bird just ready to fly, has the bill bright yellow, excepting the 

 ridge of the upper mandible, which is brown; the feet yellowish-brown. 

 The upper parts are reddish-brown, faintly barred with dusky; the wings as 

 in the adult, but the secondary coverts with only a very small dull white 

 spot at the tip, and the first row of coverts with a line of the same colour 

 along the shaft. The lower parts are dull greyish-brown, with the terminal 

 margin of each feather darker, and the sides and hind parts barred with 

 dusky. 



PARKMAN'S WREN. 



-+ Troglodytes Parkmanii, Aud. 

 PLATE CXXIL— Male. 



A single specimen of this Wren which differs considerably from Troglo- 

 dytes hyemalis and T. europaeus, has been sent to me by Mr. Townsend, 

 who procured it on the Columbia river, along with several others, all exactly 

 similar. The principal difference is in the bill, which is much longer, 

 stouter, and decidedly arched. The wings also are considerably longer, as 

 is the tail in a still greater degree. The plumage is similar, and presents 

 nearly the same markings, but the colours are much paler, and the lower 

 parts nearly greyish-white. This, however, may be merely the effect of the 

 weather. This species may be briefly characterized as follows: 



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