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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Genus TROGLODYTES, Vieill. (Page 14.) 
Subgenus TROGLODYTES. 
T. sedon. Beneath grayish-white, crissum and flanks distinctly barred ; above 
grayish-brown, more rusty on the rump ; wings and tail obsoletely barred with 
dusky. Length about 4.90. Nest in cavities, boxes, etc. Eggs salmon-colored, 
minutely dotted. 
a. Back without distinct bars. 
Breast and sides immaculate ; rump decidedly rufescent. Wing, 2.05 ; tail, 
1.80 ; bill, .50. Hab. Eastern Province of United States (dark-colored indi- 
viduals = Americanus , Aud.). ( House Wren ; Wood Wren.) . . var. cedon. 
b. Back distinctly barred with darker. 
Breast and sides faintly speckled ; sides scarcely different from abdomen ; 
rump faintly rufescent; colors grayer. Wing, 2.15; tail, 1.90; bill, .48. 
Hab. Eastern Mexico, from Rio Grande southward. ( Aztec Wren.) var. aztecus. 
Breast and sides immaculate; sides much more brownish than abdomen; 
rump scarcely rufescent. Wing, 2.15; tail, 2.10; bill, .55. Hab. Western 
Province of United States. {Parkmans Wren.) . . . var .parkmani. 
Subgenus ANORTHURA. 
T. parvulus. Beneath pale ochraceous, the sides, flanks, and crissum distinctly 
barred with blackish and white ; above rusty-brown, the wings and tail obso- 
letely barred. Length about 4.00 except in alascensis. Nest on or near the 
ground. Eggs white, spotted with reddish-brown. 
Throat and breast pale grayish-ochraceous, immaculate. Above deep rusty- 
brown, without bars on the back and rump. Wing, 1.90; tail, 1.35; bill, 
40. Hab. Europe. {European Wren.) var .parvulus. 
Throat and breast pale yellowish-ochraceous, freckled with deeper. Above 
deep rusty-brown, the back and rump distinctly barred with darker. Wing, 
1.95; tail, 1.25; bill, .42. Hab. Eastern Province of North America. ( Win- 
ter Wren.) var. hy emails . 
Throat and breast deeper ochraceous, similarly mottled ; above much darker 
rusty, the back without bars. Wing, 1.85 ; tail, 1.35 ; bill, .45, straighter and 
more slender. Hab. Pacific Province of North America. ( Pacific Winter 
Wren.) var . pacijicus. 
Throat and breast deep ochraceous, uniform ; above umber-brown, without 
trace of bars on the back. Wing, 2.10; tail, 1.60; bill, .55. Hab. Alaska 
and Aleutian Islands. {Alaska Wren.) var. alascensis. 
- Genus CISTOTHORUS, Caban. (Page 14.) 
Subgenus CISTOTHORUS. 
C. stellaris. Above rusty-olive, the occiput and back black, streaked with 
white ; wings and tail lighter, barred with black ; beneath whitish medially, ochra- 
ceous, freckled with whitish laterally; crissum deep ochraceous, without bars. 
Length about 4.50 inches. Nest among aquatic grasses or reeds, spherical, with 
the entrance on the side; eggs pure white, immaculate. {Short-billed Marsh 
Wren.) 
