Vol. XVI, pp. 149-150 November 12, 1903 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW TELMATODYTES. 



BY HARRY C. OBERHOLSER. 



Two long-billed marsh wrens recently collected by the writer 

 at Sabine, Texas, were at first referred, with a query, to Telma- 

 todytes palustris palustris. In light of material, particularly 

 from Louisiana, which Mr. Ridgway has brought together for 

 use in connection with his work on the genus, these two speci- 

 mens prove to belong to the new race which is here described. 



Telmatodytes palustris thryophilus, subsp. nov. 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Telmatodytes palustris marianw, but 

 much paler, more grayish brown above, the pileum with much less 

 black, often with almost none, the upper tail-coverts obsoletely or not at 

 all barred; chest not spotted. 



Geographical distribution. — Coast region of Louisiana and eastern 

 Texas. 



Description. — Type, male adult, No. 184,769, United States National 

 Museum, Biological Survey Collection; Sabine, Texas, September 3, 

 1902; H. C. Oberholser. 



Pileum sepia brown, laterally and posteriorly with a slight admixture of 

 blackish; remainder of upper surface mummy brown, the back with an 

 irregularly triangular area of black streaked with white; tail brown, with 

 black bars that on many of the feathers are confluent; wings fuscous, 

 barred with black, brown, and buff; a white superciliary stripe that is 

 extended posteriorly in a chain of white streaks encircling the hind 

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