234 BIRDS—ALAUDIDA. 
Troglodytes stellaris, LICHTENSTEIN. 
Troglodytes brevirostris, NUTTALL, Man., i, 1832, 436. 
Cistothorus stellaris, CABANIS, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 77. 
Dark browa above, crown and middle of ths back blackish, nearly every where conspi 
cuously streaked with white ; below buffy white, shading into pale brown on the sides and 
behind; wings and tail barred with blackish and light brown; flanks barred with 
dusky ; throat and middle of belly whitish. Length 44; wing and tail about 12; bill not 
4 long and very slender; tarsus, middle toe and claw tegether 14. 
Habitat, Hastern United States in reedy swamps and marshes. 
Rare. Summer resident. Not given by Dr. Kirtland in 1838. Given by 
Mr. Read as not abundant in Northern Ohio in 1853. It has since been 
found breeding in the vicinity of Cleveland. Mr. Charles Dury informs 
me that he has taken it at St. Mary’s Reservoir. Mr. Langdon includes it 
in his list of birds of probable occurrence. Ithink I have seen it on one or 
two occasions in September, but have never positively identified it. 
The nest is said to be similarly located and of similar construction to 
that of the Long-billed Marsh Wren, but the eggs differ from those of all 
other North American birds of the family, in being white, unspotted. 
AOTAV IOI MO ANG ANU) ID) IEID) 20, Ib ANI IS 
Outside of tarsus covered with two series of scutelJa, one lapping entirely around in 
front, the either entirely around behind, and meeting at a groove on the inside; hind 
edge blunt. First primary spurious or apparently wanting. Hind claw much length- 
ened, scarcely curved. Nostrils with antrorse bristly feathers. Bill conico-elongate. 
GENUS ALAUDA. Linazus. 
Crown with a depressed soft crest of feathers, of normal struciure; a spurious prim- 
ary ; tail deeply emarginate. 
ALAUDA ARVENSIs. Linnezeus. 
Eiuropean Skylark. 
Alauda arvensis, LANGDON, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1878, 111; Revised List, Journ. 
Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 176; Reprint, 10. 
European Skylark, Harris, Field Notes, i, 1861, 65. 
Above grayish-brown, beneath whitish, with a buffy tinge across jugulum and along 
sides; every feather above with a medial streak of dusky; sides of throat, sides, and 
across jugulum streaked with dusky; the outer tail feathers partly white. Wing 4.90; 
tail 2.80; tarsus .80; hind claw .59. 
Habitat, Europe ; accidental in Greenland and the Bermudas. 
Introduced. Resident in small numbers in the vicinity of Cincinnati 
only. Inserted here on the authority of Mr. Langdon, who states that it 
“breeds sparingly in the parks and suburbs of Cincinnati.” It is 
doubtful if it succeeds in establishing a residence in this country. Sev- 
eral years since, they were introduced upon Long Island, but after a few 
