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Back without streaks.. No distinct superciliary stripe. Troglo- 
dytes. (Pages QO. 00.) 
Bill curved,, sub-conical. Tail as long as wing. 
Subgenus Trog'lo dy tes. 
Bill straight, subulate. Tail much shorter than wing. 
Subgenus- An o rthur a , 
Back streaked with black and white. Cistothorus. (Page 13.). 
Bill short, stout; its deptlk equal to one halfT its length from' 
the nostril gonys straight or even convexy.ascending. Crown* 
streaked; no distinct superciliary stripe.. Subgenus Cistothorus 
Bill elongated, slender ; its depth less thamone third its length 
from the nostril ; gonys slightly concave, .declining. Crown not 
streaked ; a conspicuous superciliary stripe.. Subgenus Telmatodytes , 
Genus CAMFYLQRHYNCHUS, Spix. (Page 13.) 
Speeiesv 
Top of head and post-ocular stripe reddish-brown; back streaked; longitudi- 1 
nally and linearly with white. All the feathers- beneath conspicuously spotted.,. 
Crissran and flanks with, rounded or elongated ! spots. Iris reddish... Nostrils 
inferior, linear, overhung by a scale. Nests large- and purse-shaped ; . eggs white,, 
profusely marked with salmon-colOred or reddish spots.. 
a. Spots much larger on throat and jugulum than elsewhere. Inner webs * 
of second to fifth tail-feathers (between middle and outer feathers) black,, 
except at tips. Length, 8.0$; wing, 3.4$; : tail, 3.55*. Hab. Adjacent bor- 
ders of United States and Mexico. ( Cactus Wrenty _ . „ brzmneicapillus ... 
b. Spots on throat and jugulum little larger, than elsewhere. Inner webs of 
intermediate tail-feathers banded with white like the outer. Length, 7 AO. 
Hab „ Cape- St. Lucas. ( Cape Cactus Wren.}; * . - ... . .. affinis. , 
Genus SALPINCTESy Cabmis. (Page 1 3.) 
S. obsoletus. Bills about as - long as the head. Upper parts - brownish-gray, each 
feather with a central line and (except on the head) transverse bam -of dusky, and a small 
dull brownish-white spot at the- end. Rump, sides of the body,, and posterior part of 
belly ands under tail-coverts dull cinnamon, darker above.- Rest of under parts dirty 
white; feathers of throat and breast with dusky central streaks. Lower tail-coverts 
banded broadly with black. Inner tail-feathers like the back ; the others with a broad 
black bar near the end the tips- cinnamon y the outer on each side • alternately banded 
with this color and black. A dull white line above and behind the eye. Length, 5.70; 
wing, 2.82;: tail, 2.40.. Young not marked or banded beneath. Nest among rocks ;. eggs 
white, sparingly dotted with brownish-red.. Hab ... Central regions of the United States, 
to Mexico,, east to mouth of Yellowstone River. Gape St. Lucas.. Not recorded. from 
Pacific slope.. {Rock Wreni) 
Genus* CATHERPES, Baird.. (Page 13.) 
Species and' Varieties. 
C. mexicaaras. Above brownish,, sprinkled with white ; tail bright rufous* with 
distinct transverse bars of black ; chin, cheeks, throat,. and! jugulum silky-white;; 
rest ©f lower parte ferruginous,, sprinkled with black and' white dots- Nest in 
