. A history of British birds . b alternatelywith pale buff and dull black ; chin and throat plain greyish-buff, becoming browner on the belly; flanks, and under tail-coverts, light reddish-brown, indistinctly barred with darkerbrown; the lower tail-coverts tipped with dull white: legs,toes and claws, light brown. The whole length of the bird is rather less than fourinches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, oneinch and seven-eighths. The female is smaller, less bright in colour, and brownerbeneath than the male. The Wren of Iceland and the Feeroes, for a long timedeemed identical wi
. A history of British birds . b alternatelywith pale buff and dull black ; chin and throat plain greyish-buff, becoming browner on the belly; flanks, and under tail-coverts, light reddish-brown, indistinctly barred with darkerbrown; the lower tail-coverts tipped with dull white: legs,toes and claws, light brown. The whole length of the bird is rather less than fourinches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, oneinch and seven-eighths. The female is smaller, less bright in colour, and brownerbeneath than the male. The Wren of Iceland and the Feeroes, for a long timedeemed identical with our own, has of late been justlyseparated under the name of Troglodytes oorcalis. It ismore barred beneath and is unmistakably larger—its eggseven shewing this last character. Of the North-Americanspecies, one, T. hyemalis, much resembles our own, but itsbill is stouter and straighter. The Japanese T. fumigatus,which has occurred in China, is still more like our bird, butits distinctness is recognized by most 468PASSEBES. :. ci:irriiiii).K.
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