Plate CCCLX. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female. Fig. 3. Young.
Bill of moderate length, nearly straight; wings shortish, with the
fourth quill longest; tail short, much rounded. Upper parts
reddish-brown, faintly barred with dusky, darker on the head, brighter
on the tail-coverts, quills, and tail; lower parts pale reddish-brown,
the sides and abdomen barred with brownish-black and greyish-white;
fore neck and breast more faintly barred; lower wing-coverts and
axillars greyish-white, barred with dusky, lower tail-coverts
brownish-red, barred with dusky, and having the tip white; a whitish
streak over the eye; cheeks brown, spotted with brownish-white;
secondary coverts, and first small coverts, each with a white spot at
the tip, forming two inconspicuous bands; wing-coverts and quills
banded with blackish-brown and brownish-red; tail with twelve dusky
bands.
This species is very nearly allied to _Troglodytes Europæus_.
_Male_, 3-7/8, 6-((1-1/2)/12). _Female_, 3-5/8, 5-3/8.
Generally distributed in the middle and southern districts during
winter. Breeds from Pennsylvania northwards to Hudson's Bay. Columbia
River.
Winter-Wren, Sylvia Troglodytes, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p.
139.
Troglodytes europæus, Bonap. Syn. p. 93.
Troglodytes hyemalis, Winter Wren, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 318.
Winter-Wren, Troglodytes hyemalis, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 427.
Winter-Wren, Troglodytes hyemalis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p.
430.