. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary . edged withcolor of back, and dark barred;several outer primaries also whitishbarred; a superciliary line, and ob-scure streaks on sides of head andneck, whitish ; below pale brown;belly, flanks and under tail covertsstrongly barred with dusky andwhitish. Only 4—4J long; extent6^-6^; wing 2 or less, tail IJ or winterwren. less—so short that the outstretched feet reach beyond it. Tarsus andmiddle toe a
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary . edged withcolor of back, and dark barred;several outer primaries also whitishbarred; a superciliary line, and ob-scure streaks on sides of head andneck, whitish ; below pale brown;belly, flanks and under tail covertsstrongly barred with dusky andwhitish. Only 4—4J long; extent6^-6^; wing 2 or less, tail IJ or winterwren. less—so short that the outstretched feet reach beyond it. Tarsus andmiddle toe and claw together about 1^; bill |. North America; UnitedStates in winter. Si/lvia Jujemalis, Wils., i, 139, pi. 8, f. 6; , Aud., ii, 128, pi. 121; Bd., 309; Trog. euroiiORus, Nutt., i,427. Var. j;ffc{^ciw is described; Bd., Eev. 145. . teoglodytes. Alaskan Wren. Form like that of the winter wren; size and colorsnearly the same; darker; bill larger; culmen, gape and gonys almost per-fectly straight — latter slightly ascending. St. Georges Island, BeringsSea. One specimen knoMu. A variety of the last? Bd., Trans. , 1869, 315, pi. 30, f. 3 24. Genus TELMATODYTES Marsh Wren. Above clear brown, unbarred, back with ablack patch containing distinct white streaks, crown brownish-black, super-ciliary line to nape white: wings not noticeably barred, but outer webs ofinner secondaries blackish ; tail brown, dusky barred ;below dull white, often quite pure, the sides alonebrownish-washed, and under tail coverts somewhatbarred. 4g-5J long; wing about 2, tail less, tarsus%-l; bill J or more, barely curved. North America ;particularly reedy swamps and marshes of UnitedStates, abundant. VYiLS., ii, 58, pi. 12, f. 4; Nutt., i, 439; Aud., ii,135, pi. 123; Bd., 364; vav. paludicohi, Bd., Rev. 148. . palustris.
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