134 PARKMAN'S WREN. 



T. Parkmanii. The bill much longer, stouter, and more curved than 

 that of T. hyemalis; the upper parts reddish-brown, faintly barred with 

 dusky, the lower parts dull brownish-white; the sides barred with brownish- 

 black and greyish-white, the foreneck and breast with scarcely any mark- 

 ings, the lower wing-coverts and axillars greyish-white, obscurely barred with 

 dusky; the tail half an inch longer than that of the common species, and 

 more rounded. 



Bill rather long, slender, tapering; as broad as high at the base, slightly 

 arched, compressed toward the end. Upper mandible with the dorsal out- 

 line slightly arched, the ridge narrow, the sides sloping at the base, toward 

 the end slightly convex and erect, the edges sharp, direct, without notch; 

 lower mandible with the angle narrow and rather acute, the dorsal outline 

 decurved in an almost imperceptible degree, the back narrow, the edges 

 sharp and inflected, the tip very narrow; the gape-line slightly arched. 

 Nostrils oblong, basal, operculate. 



Head ovate, of moderate size; neck short. Feet of ordinary length; tarsus 

 compressed, with seven anterior scutella, all of which are very distinct; toes 

 rather large, comjoressed; first large, and much longer than the two lateral, 

 of which the inner is a little shorter; the third and fourth coherent as far as 

 the second joint of the latter. Claws long, arched, extremely compressed, 

 laterally grooved, acute. 



Plumage soft and blended; no bristle-feathers at the base of the bill. 

 Wing of moderate length, broad, much rounded; the first quill very small, 

 being only half the length of the second, which is three and a half twelfths 

 shorter than the third; the fourth longest, and exceeding the third by half a 

 twelfth, and the fourth by scarcely a quarter of a twelfth; secondaries long 

 and rounded. Tail rather long, much rounded, the lateral feathers being 

 nearly half an inch shorter than the middle. 



Bill dusky brown, with the basal edges of the upper and two-thirds of the 

 lower mandible pale. Tarsi greyish-yellow; toes and claws light brownish. 

 The general colour of the upper parts is reddish-brown, tinged with grey. 

 There is a white spot near the tips of the posterior dorsal feathers. The 

 secondary coverts, and the first small coverts, have each a white spot at the 

 tip. The wing-coverts and quills are banded with blackish-brown and dull 

 brownish-red, the bands of the latter colour paler on the outer quills; the 

 inner webs and tips of all the quills plain brown, as in the other species. All 

 the upper parts are more faintly barred in the same manner. On the tail are 

 twelve dusky bars, as in T. hyemalis. A dull whitish band from the upper 

 mandible over the eye; the cheeks whitish, with the basil margins of the 

 feathers brown; the lower parts are dull brownish -white, tinged with grey, 

 the sides brownish, barred with dusky; the fore neck and breast with faint 



