CERTHIAN^. CERTHIA. 
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crosses both webs of the quills, excepting the inner webs of the outer, 
four, and the outer webs of the outer three ; most of the quills also 
with a grejish-yellow patch along the outer web toward the tip, which 
is dull white ,* tail-feathers yellowish-brown, with shafts of a lighter 
tint, the webs darker toward the end ; a silvery white band over 
the eye ; cheeks dark brown ; lower parts silvery white, sides tinged 
with brown. 
Male, 5i, 82. 
From Louisiana to Maryland, and in the interior to Kentucky, du- 
ring winter. From Pennsylvania eastward to Nova Scotia, in sum- 
mer, breeding in all the intermediate parts. Common. 
Brown Creeper, Certliia familiaris, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 122. 
Certhia familiaris, Bonap. Syn. p. 280. 
Brown Creeper, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 585. 
Brown Creeper, Certhia familiaris, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 158, 
GENUS II. TROGLODYTES, Cuv. WREN. 
Bill of moderate length, or nearly as long as the head, 
slender, slightly arched, much compressed toward the end ; 
upper mandible with the dorsal line slightly convex, the 
edges a little inflected toward the end, the notches slight, 
the tip rather acute ; lower mandible with the angle ra- 
ther long and narrow, the outline slightly de curved, the 
sides erect and convex, the edges inclinate, the tip acute. 
Nostrils oblong, operculate, exposed. Head oblong ; neck 
short ; body slender. Feet of ordinary length, rather strong ; 
tarsus longer than the middle toe, compressed, with eight 
anterior distinct scutella ; toes of moderate size, the third 
and fourth united at the base, the first very large, the late- 
ral nearly equal ; claws rather long, moderately arched, 
much compressed, very acute. Plumage soft and blended. 
Bristles obsolete. Wings of moderate length, or short, con- 
vex, much rounded ; the first quill very small, the fourth and 
fifth longest. Tail rather short, rounded, of twelve slightly 
arched, weak, rounded feathers. 
116. 1. Troglodytes obsoletus, Say. Rock- Wren. 
Plate CCCLX. Fig. 4. Female. 
Upper parts dull yellowish-brown, and, excepting the rump, barred 
with greyish-brown ; wings similarly barred, excepting the primaries ; 
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