BIRDS—LI0TRICH1DAE-TROGLODYT ES HYEMALIS. 
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List of specimens. 
Catal. No. 
Age. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
2951 
1906 
7255 
Eastern United States___ 
S. F. Baird. 
J. J. Audubon_-----_----- 
_do_ 
o 
_do_«._ 
J. Cassin_ 
TROGLODYTES (ANORTHURA) HYEMALIS, Yieillot. 
Winter Wren. 
Sylvia troglodytes, Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 139 ; pi. viii, fig. G. 
Troglodytes hyemalis, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. XXXIV, 1819, 514.— Bonap. List, 1838 .—Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 222 — 
Sw. F. B. Am. II, 1831,] 318.— Aud. Orn. Biog. IV, 1838,430 ; pi. 3G0 .—Ib. Syn. 1839, 
76.— Ib. Birds. Am. II, 1841, 128; pi. 121. 
Troglodytes europaeus, Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825 ; No. 137.— Nuttall, Man. I, 1832, 427. 
Sp. Ch. —Bill very straight, slender, and conical; shorter than the head. Tail considerably shorter than the wings, which 
reach to its middle. Upper parts reddish brown ; becoming brighter to the rump and tail; everywhere, except on the head and 
upper part of the back, with transverse bars of dusky and of lighter. Scapulars and wing coverts with spots of white. 
Beneath pale reddish brown, barred on the posterior half of the body with dusky and whitish, and spotted with white more 
anteriorly ; outer web of primaries similarly spotted with pale brownish white. An indistinct pale lino over the eye. Length, 
about 4 inches ; wing, 1.66 ; tail, 1.26. 
Hob. —North America generally. 
Western specimens of this species appear to be of a darker reddish brown generally than in 
the eastern, and perhaps a little larger. Northern ones are decidedly largest. 
This wren is so exceedingly like the European Troglodytes parvulus , x that I candidly confess 
my inability to distinguish the single specimen of the latter before me (9216 from Niirnberg,) 
from American skins. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
127 
Carlisle, Pa_ 
Oct. 13, 1840 
S. F. Baird __ 
1379 
Q 
April 22, 1844 
S. 83 
5. 83 
1. 66 
Cairo, Illinois_ 
April 24_ 
R. Kennicott_ 
10206 
7143 
Ft. Steilaeoom, W. T. 
Mar. —, 1856 
Gov. Stevens_ 
267 
Dr. Suckley_ 
7144 
Dec. 23, 1853 
7145 
Feb. —. 
_do _ 
254 
------do._ 
7146 
Mar. —, 1856 
_do_ 
264 
7147 
Shoalwater bay, W. T. 
May, 22, 1854 
_ do__------ 
75 
Dr. Cooper_ 
3. 08 
5. 25 
4601 
.... 
Columbia river_ 
Jan. 27, 1856 
208 
Dr. Suckley_ 
4. 25 
6. 25 
1. 91 
1 The synonymes of the European wren are— 
Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. 
Motacilla troglodytes, Linn. Syst. Nat. 
Jlnorthura troglodytes, Rennie. 
Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. 
Troglodytes europaeus, Cuv. Vieillot. 
Troglodytes regulus, Meyer. 
