Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



7 25. Long-billed Marsh Wren {Telmatodytes palus- 

 his). L. 5.2; T. 1.6; B. .5. Ads. Crown and fore- 

 back largely black, the latter with white streaks; a 

 white stripe over eye; rump cinnamon; below white, 

 sides washed with cinnamon; outer tail-feathers black, 

 broadly barred with pale cinnamon. Notes. Call, 

 scolding, a characteristic Wren-like racking', song, a 

 reedy, guttural, bubbling trill often sung in ilight. 



Range. — Eastern North America west to the Rocky Mountains; 

 breeds from the Gulf States north to Massachusetts and Manitoba; 

 winters locally from Massachusetts, south into Mexico. 



725a. Tule Wren (T. p. paludicola) . Similar to 

 No. 725, but upper tail-coverts barred, middle tail- 

 feathers more distinctly and broadly barred; underparts 

 usually browner. 



Range.— Pacific coast; breeds from southern California to British 

 Columbia; winters from Washington to Guatemala. 



725b. Worthington Marsh Wren (7. p. griseus). 



Similar to No. 725, but with less black above; upperparts, 

 sides and flanks pale grayish; dark markings of under 

 tail-coverts, flanks, sides and breast, faint, confused 

 and inconspicuous, sometimes practically wanting. 

 (Brewster.) 



Range.— Coast of South Carolina'and Georgia. 



725c. Interior Tule Wren CT.p. plesius). Similar 

 to No. 725a, but paler. 



Range. — "Western United States, except the Pacific coast; north to 

 British Columbia and Alberta, east to the Rocky Mountains and Tex- 

 as, south into Mexico." (Oberholser.) 



725.1. Marian Marsh Wren ( Telmatodytes mariance). 

 Similar to No. 725, but upperparts darker; sides and 

 flanks of about same color as rump; under tail-coverts 

 and sometimes breast barred or spotted with black. 



Range. — Gulf coast of Florida. 



726. Brown Creeper (Certhta familiaris americana) . 

 L. 5.6; B. .63. Tail-feathers stiffened and pointed. 

 Ads. Rump rusty; a huffy white band in the wing; 

 back and crown streaked with whitish, black and 

 rusty; below white. Notes. Call, a faint, high, thin 

 tseep; song, "an exquisitely pure, tender song of four 

 notes." (Brewster.) 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from Maine and Minnesota 

 (casually Missouri) northward; winters from about the southern 

 breeding limits to the Gulf States. 



726a. Mexican Creeper (C.f. albescens). Similar 

 to No. 726, but rump rich rusty brown, back black, 

 crown black streaked with white, band in wing white. 



Range.— Mexican plateau region north to southern Arizona. 



726b. Rocky Mountain Creeper (C.f. montana). 

 Similar to No. 726, but bill longer, .7; band in wing 

 averaging whiter. 



Range. — Rocky Mountains from New Mexico and Arizona north- 

 ward to Alaska. 



726c. Californian Creeper (C. /. occidentalis) . 

 Similar to No. 726, but much rustier; prevailing color 

 of upperparts yellowish rusty. 



Range. — Pacific coast; breeds from Santa Cruz Mountains, Cal- 

 ifornia, northward to Alaska. 



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