Plate CCCLX. Fig. 4. Female.
Upper parts dull yellowish-brown, and, excepting the rump, barred with
greyish-brown; wings similarly barred, excepting the primaries;
secondary coverts with a small white spot near the tip; tail-coverts
and two middle tail-feathers barred with dusky; the rest broadly
tipped with pale yellowish-red, undulated with dusky, behind which is
a broad band of brownish-black, the remaining or basal part banded
like the central feathers, the outer with four reddish-white spots or
bars on the outer web, the intervals being brownish-black, and a spot
of white on the inner web; lower parts greyish-white, tinged with
sienna, the sides inclining to yellowish-red; lower tail-coverts
barred with dusky.
_Female_, 6, wing 2-11/12.
Rocky Mountains and Columbia River. Abundant. Migratory.
Troglodytes obsoleta, Say, Long's Exped.
Troglodytes obsoleta, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 6.
Rocky Mountain Wren, Troglodytes obsoleta, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
435.
Rock Wren, Troglodytes obsoletus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p.
443.