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Telmatodytes palustris plesius (Oberholser). "Western Marsh Wren. 



[725c.] 



Cistothorus palustris plesius Oberholser, Auk, XIV, No. 2, April, 1897, 

 188. (Fort Wingate, New Mexico.) 



Range. — Breeds mainly in the Upper Austral Zone from central British Co- 

 lumbia to New Mexico and from central Washington, central Oregon, and 

 northeastern California east to central Colorado. Winters from California 

 and central Texas (casually farther north) south to Cape San Lucas, Sinaloa, 

 and Tamauhpas. 



Telmatodytes palustris paludicola (Baird). Tule Wren. [725a.] 



Cistothorus palustris, var. paludicola Baird, Review Amer. Birds, sig. 10, 

 Sept., 1864, 148. (Shoalwater Bay, Washington Territory.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Transition and Upper and Lower Austral zones in 

 the coast district from British Columbia to southern California. Winters 

 from Washington south to Cape San Lucas and northwestern Sonora. 



Telmatodytes palustris aestuarinus Swarth. Suisim Marsh Wren. [725^.] 



Telmatodytes palustris aestuarinus Swarth, Auk, XXXIV, No. 3, July 

 [Jime 30], 1917, 310. (Grizzly Island, Solano County, California.) 



Range. — ^West-central California, breeding at the confluence of the Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin rivers, in Napa and Solano counties, and thence south 

 to Tulare County. In winter spreads beyond its breeding range to Oregon 

 and southern California. 



Genus CISTOTHORUS Cabanis. 



Cistothorus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., I, Oct., 1851 [1850?], 77 (note). Type, 

 by subs, desig., Troglodytes stellaris Naumann (Gray, 1855). 



Cistothorus stellaris (Naumann). Short-billed Marsh Wren. [724.] 



Troglodytes stellaris "[Lichst.],^' Naumann, Naturg. Vogel Deutschl., 

 Ill, 1823, table to p. 724. (Carolina.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Transition and Upper Austral zones from southeastern 

 Saskatchewan, central Manitoba, southern Ontario, and southern Maine south 

 to eastern Kansas, central Missouri, central Indiana, and northern Delaware. 

 Winters from southern Illinois and southern New Jersey to southern Texas, 

 the Gulf coast, and southern Florida. Accidental in Colorado and Wyoming. 



Genus CATHERPES Baird . 



Catherpes Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, Rep. Expl. and Surv. 

 R. R. Pac, IX, 1858, xix, xxxvi, 354, 356. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Thryothorus mexicanu^ Swainson. 



