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walls, boxes, and among rocks; eggs supposed to be white with numerous 
blotches of reddish-brown. 
a. Culmen almost straight, the tip decurved, gonys straight. Above blackish- 
brown ; wings and back sparsely sprinkled with minute white specks ; no 
such markings on head or neck. Bars on tail very broad, .12 in width on 
outer feathers. Wing, 2.84 ; tail, 2.40 ; culmen, .96 ; tarsus, .75 ; middle 
toe, .68 ; posterior, .47 ; outer, .52 ; inner, .49 ( 52 , 791 , Mazatlan, Mexico). 
Hob. Mexico. {Mexican Wren ; White-throated Wren.) . var. mexicanus. 
b. Culmen and gonys both gently curved, the latter somewhat concave. 
Above cinnamon-ashy, more reddish on rump and wings ; head and neck 
above with numerous dots of white ; very few of these on back and wings. 
Tail-bars very narrow and thread-like. Wing, 2 . 48 ; tail, 2.12 ; culmen, .83 ; 
tarsus, .56; middle toe, . 52 ; posterior, . 35 ; outer, . 44 ; inner, .36 ( 53,425 $, 
Fort Churchill, Nevada). Hab. Middle (and Pacific?) Province of United 
States. {Canon Wren.) ....... var. conspersus . 
Genus THRYOTHORUS, Vieill. (Page 13.) 
Subgenus THRYOTHORUS. ~ 
T. ludovicianus. Above reddish-brown ; exposed surface of the wings and tail 
rather faintly barred with black ; crissum strongly barred with the same ; white 
superciliary stripe bordered above by black. Sides of neck much spotted with 
whitish ; wing-coverts spotted with the same. Length about 6 inches ; wing, 
2.50. Eggs reddish-white, blotched with purple and brownish-red. 
a. Beneath whitish, ochraceous, the sides plain. Bill, from nostril, .45. 
Hab. Eastern Province of United States. ( Great Carolina Wren.) var. ludovicianus. 
b. Beneath deep reddish-ochraceous, the sides obsoletely barred. Bill, from 
nostril, .56. Hab. Rio Grande of Texas, and adjacent portions of Mexico. 
(Berlandier's Wren.) ........ var. b erlandieri. 
Subgenus THRYOMANES. (Page 13.) 
T. bewickii. Above umber-brown; tail black, the middle feathers grayish- 
brown, barred with black, the outer ones spotted with ashy-white at ends. Be- 
neath whitish, more or less tinged with plumbeous. A conspicuous superciliary 
stripe of white. Length about 5.50 inches ; tail about 2.50. Nest of sticks and 
feathers in natural cavities, or in boxes or holes about houses ; eggs white, finely 
blotched round larger end with black and brown. ( Long-tailed House - Wren.) 
Above reddish-umber ; beneath grayish-white. Wing, 2.20 ; tail, 2.30 ; bill, 
.50. Hab. Eastern Province of United States (rather southern). {Bewick's 
Wren.) var. b ewickii . 
Colors similar but darker, and less reddish above. Wing, 2.20 ; tail, 2.30 ; 
bill, .60. Hab. Pacific Province of United States. ( Vigor's Wren.) var. spilurus . 
Above ashy-brown ; beneath nearly pure white. Wing, 2.40 ; tail, 2.60 ; 
bill, .55. Hab. Southern Middle Province of United States, and adjacent 
portions of Mexico. ( White-bellied Wren.) .... var. leucogaster . 
