. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . t, decidedly shorter than head. Tail much shorter than wings. Length ; extent ; wing Fro. 156. - Winter Wren, little reduced. (Bairdsfig- . .w .,,->_,.,, ^ .r
. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . t, decidedly shorter than head. Tail much shorter than wings. Length ; extent ; wing Fro. 156. - Winter Wren, little reduced. (Bairdsfig- . .w .,,->_,.,, ^ .r. , ■,-, ure of A. alascensis.) ^; tail ; bill ; tarsus, middle toe, and claw together, about Eastern N. Am., common, migratory, breeding from N. NewEngland and corresponding latitudes northward, in the Alleghanies S. to N. Carolina, winter-ing in the U. S. from about its southern limit of breeding southward; the strict representativeof tbe European Wren, A. troglodytes. Nest of twigs, moss, lichens, hair, feathers, etc., usuallyin a stump or log close to the ground: eggs 5-8, X , pure white, minutely dottedwith and purplish, but not nearly so heavily marked as those of House Wrens andlong-billed Marsh Wrens, sometimes very sparingly sprinkled. A sly, secretive little bird, lessoften seen than other Wrens no less common; voice strong and highly musical. Anorthura. 298 S YSTEMA TIC S YNOPSIS. — PA SSERES - OSCINES. troglodytes hiemaUs uf 2d-4tli eds. of Key. Anorthura hyemalis Coues and Prentiss, hiemalis A. 0. U. Suppl. List, Auk, Jan. 1899, p. 125. A. h. pacificus. (Lat. pacificus, pacific, peace-making; pax, peace, and/ado, I make, do ;alluding to the stilly sea.) Western Winter Wren. Like the last; darker, iu lack ofwhitish specks of upper parts, and of whitish bars on outer webs of primaries; but veryslightly distinguished. Pacific Coast region, from Southern Alaska (Sitka) to southern Cali-fornia; E. to Idaho. Anorthura
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