496 BULLETIN 50, TTNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



T[elmatod;/tef<'] 2^[alustn.s'\ paludicola f Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2(1 ed., 1884, 279, 

 part. 



Cistothorus jxdustris j^lesius Oberiiolser, Auk, xiv, Apr., 1897, 188 (Fort Win- 

 gate, New Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union Com.mittee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 125 (check list no. 725c). — Cooke, Bull. 

 Col. Agric. Coll., no. 56, 1900, 222 (South Park, Colorado, breeding).— 

 Brewster, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xli, 1902, 202 (San Jose del Cabo, Lower 

 California, autumn; crit. ). — Bangs, Auk, xix, 1902, 352, part (range). — Grin- 

 NELL, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 70. 



Clistothorus'] p[ahistris'] j^lcsius Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 

 1902, 451, part. 



TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS PALUDICOLA (Baird). 

 CALIFORNIA MARSH WREN. 



Most like T. p. jMlnstrls, but tail-covcrt.s usually barrod (especially 

 the upper), middle rectrices more distinctly barred, flanks, etc., deeper 

 brown, bill smaller, and tail decidedly longer; agreeing- with T. j). 

 plesius in barred tail- coverts, more distinctly barred tail, and rela- 

 tivel}^ longer tail, but decidedly smaller and with coloration decidedl}^ 

 darker. 



AdnJt male.—ljQngth. (skins), 104..5-1M (112.6); wing, 47.5-53.5 

 (50.7); tail, 41-47.5 (44.4); exposed culmen, 12-14.5 (13.4); tarsus, 

 19-21 (20); middle toe, 11.5-13 (12.4).« 



Adult female.— lj(ingi\\ (skins), 109.5-117.5 (112); wing, 47-52.5 

 (49); tail, 40.5-47.5 (42.7); exposed ciihnen, 12.5-13.5 (13); tarsus, 

 18.5-20 (19); middle toe, 11.5-12.5 (12.3).* 



Paciiic coast district, from western British Columbia (Chilliwack); 

 southward during migration to Cape district of Lower California 

 (San Jose del Cabo) and northwestern Sonora (mouth of Colorado 

 River). 



Troglodytes palustrk (not Certhia palustris Wilson) Gamhel, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., iii, 1846, 113 (California). — Heermann, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 ii, 1853, 263 (Sacramento Valley, California); Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, 

 1859, 41 (California). — Newberry, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., vi, 1857, 80, part 

 (California). 



Cistothorus (Telmatodytes) palustris Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 364, 

 part (Shoalwater Bay, Washington; Sacramento Valley and Fort Tejon, 

 California) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 268, part. 



CistotJiorus 2)al.ustris Xantus, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xi, 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, 

 California). — Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. 2, 1860, 

 190 (vicinity of Puget Sound, AVashington). — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 

 22, part (California). — Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 75, part. — xInthony, Auk, 

 iii, 1886, 171 (Washington Co., Oregon, summer resident). — American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 725, part. 



Certhia jxdustris (not of Wilson) Lord, Proc. Roy. Art. Inst. Woolwich, iv, 1864, 

 117 (British Columbia). 



[Telmatodtjtes'] palustris Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 87, part. 



« Ten specimens. ^ Seven specimens. 



