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Troglodytes

TROGLODYTES.

Legs and feet strong; sexes alike; nest domed; eggs white, red spotted.

Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes (L.). WREN. Fr. Roitelet ; Ger. ZaunkOnig ; //a/. Scricciolo ; Sived. Gardsmyg.

d Q Above red bro wn, with narrow dark bars on wings and tail and also on back in some ; beneath brownish cream, barred generally only on flanks and abdomen ; 2nd primary as long as longest secondary. Bill dark brown above, pale horn below. Legs and feet pale brown. Wing d Q 45-47. Tarsus 17-18.5. Bill 9-to.

Breeds.—British Isles ; Continental Europe north to about Arctic Circle, east to Urals, south to Orenburg, Volga, and Mediterranean. Resident except extreme north ; in S. Europe chiefly in mountains.

T. troglodytes islandicus Hartert. Much larger and with a stronger bill ; above darker brown. Wing j 6o. Tarsus 2 1. Bill 1 I. Resident—Iceland.

T. troglodytes borealis Fischer. More olive brown than "troglodytes," also somewhat larger. Wing j 49-55 (H.). Tarsus 20.

Resident—Faroe Islands.

T. troglodytes zetlandicus Hartert. Upper parts, especially crown, darker than in "troglodytes." Bill thicker and stronger.

Wing j 49-53, 9 47-52. Tarsus 19-2o. Lill 11-12.

Resident —Shetland Isles.

T. troglodytes hirtensis Seebohm. Paler than "troglodytes," supercilium whiter, barring both above and below heavier. Bill thicker and stronger. Wing j 51-53, 47-52. Tarsus 18-19. Bill Resident.—St Kilda.

T. troglodytes kabylorum Hartert. Bill longer and stronger than in "troglodytes " ; upper parts less rufous and less barring beneath. Wing g 44-46, 9 41. Tarsus 17-19. Bill to-11.

Resident—N.W. Africa (Tunis to Morocco), Balearic Islands, S. Spain (Algeciras).

T. troglodytes koenigl Schiebel. Closely resembles "kaby lorum" ; 2nd primary longer than secondaries ; flanks usually strongly barred.

Resident. —Corsica and Sardinia.

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troglodytes hyrcanus Sarudny and Loudoun. Intermediate between " troglodytes " and "T. t. pallidus" of C. Persia ; paler than former and more distinctly barred ; 2nd primary equal to longest secondary.

N. Persia to Talysch ; possibly also Crimea.

bill, wing and tarsus