332 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Trombley); "breeds in Sanilac Co. marshes" (W. A. Oldtield); "breeds; nests in 

 July; nesting habits as in next species, except that it nests in clear places and 

 in moist meadows, not over water" (R, H. Wolcott); and the nest is formed of 

 fresh reeds and flags and beautifully lined with cotton like down; "common at 

 St. Joseph and Albion" (O. B. Warren); E. W. Durfee finds nests not uncom- 

 mon in Wayne Co.; eggs six to nine, white. Mr. E. W. Durfee states that these, 

 like the next species, make two or three duplicate nests. 



Long-billed Marsh Wren, natural size. 



320-725-(79, 80). C'istothorns pahistris (Wils.). * Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



Rather common in summer; ''rare at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "'St. 

 Joseph Co." (A. H. Boies); " abundant in the macshes at the west end of Lake 

 Erie" (Jerome Trombley); "breeds abundantly in all the marshes about Bay 

 City and at Heisterman's Island" (N. A. Eddy); "nests found in Wayne Co." 

 (E. W. Durfee); breeds; Robt. H. Wolcott found nest with eggs at New Baltimore 

 August 6, 1893; nests in colonies, near the ground, in marshes, in spherical 

 nests of coarse grass, etc.; " fastened to old flags two or three feet above the 

 water or mud" (E. L. Moseley). the opening on the side; "Mr. A. B. Covert 

 found two nests together at Ann Arbor in 1892" (R. H. Wolcott); eggs five to 

 ten. very small, dark chocolate brown, rarely almost white; " while the female is 

 sitting the male partially builds one or more nests" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); Dr. W. 

 C. Brownell writes me that there are sometimes eight of these duplicate and 

 unlined nests. 



Family CERTHIIDiE. Creepers. 



Small, narrow-billed birds; seen creeping up tree trunks; food insects and 

 insects" eggs. 



Genus GERTHI.\ Linn. 



:i21-720-((>2 part). Certliia Jamiliaris aiiioricaiia (Bonap.). *Bkown Creeper; 

 American Creei-er. 



Rather common; throughout the entire state; all seasons; "does not breed at 

 Plymouth " (J. B. Purdy); " I have found them nesting in Kent Co.. and they 

 are not rare on Keweenaw Point" (E. W. Durfee); "rather rare at .'\nn .Arbor" 

 (Dr. J. B. Steere); "formerly nested in Monroe Co., now only a migrant, found a 

 nest behind loose bark of a tree in 1865" (Jerome Trombley); "very common 

 migrant at St. Joseph and Albion " (O. B. Warren); " Bay City from April .'] to 



