BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMP:RIGA. 409 



Adidt fe?nale.—Ijength. (skin,^), 97-103 (99.5); wing, 43-47 (44.7); 

 tail, 35-88 (36.5); exposed culnicn, 12-13.5 (12.8); tarsus, 18.5-1!> 

 (18.7); middle toe, 13.« 



Coast district of Louisiana and Texas (Sabine, Scptenihcr). 



Cistotliomif jxiliislrin (not Coihid jxtltoflns Wihon) Beyer, Proc. Loiiif-. Soc. Xat. 



for 18!)7-S>i> (1900), 42 (Louisiana; resident). 

 Telniatodi/fcs jxiliistris tlirii<)])}tihis OnEiiuoL»Eii, Proc. Biol. 8oc. Wawli., xvi, Nov. 



12, 1903, 149 (Sabine, Texas, Sept. 3; coll. U. S. Nat. 3Ius.). 



TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS GRISEUS (Brewster). 

 WORTHINGTON'S MARSH WREN. 



Most like T. j). marlanx, but much paler and grayer, with black of 

 upper parts greatly reduced in extent; brown of upper parts grayish 

 olive to slightly brownish olive; pileum usuall}' mostly olive, with 

 lateral portions, only, dusky, this sometimes nearly obsolete; inter- 

 scapular region largely, sometimes entirely, olive, the white streaks 

 sometimes v6ry few in number and confined to extreme upper back; 

 upper tail-coverts often plain olive, but usuall}" with more or less 

 distinct darker bars; sides and flanks light grayish olive or hair 

 ])rown, with or without darker bars. 



Adultnude.—'LQngih (skins), 99.5-109 (100.5); wing, 45-48 (46.7); 

 tail, 37-40 (38); exposed culmen, 13.5-15.5 (14.4); tarsus, 19-20.5 (20); 

 middle toe, 11,5-13 (12).^ 



Ad uH female.— l^Qwgih. (skins), 94.5-104 (99.1); wing, 43-44 (43.5): 

 tail, 33-36.5 (34.2); exposed culmen, 13.5-14 (13.6); tarsus, 18-19.5 

 (18.7); middle toe, 10.5-11.5 (11).*^ 



South Atlantic coast of United States, from southern South Caro- 

 lina (Mount Pleasant; '^ near Charleston) to northern Florida (Anastasia 

 Island)." 



CisUAlioruii paladris muriame (not C. maricnuc Scott) Bkewstkk, Auk, v, Oct., 

 1888, 432 (Sapelo I., Georgia). 



C'islolhorus marianw (not of Scott) Wayne, Auk, viii, 1891, 239 (Mount Pleasant, 

 South Carolina) — IvinGW.VY, Auk, viii, 1891, 240 (near Charleston, South 

 Carolina). 



Cistothorus paluKtria griseus Brewsteu, Auk, x, July, 1893, 21G (Sapelo 1., Georgia; 

 coll. W. Brewster). — Americ.\n Ornitiiologistw' Union, Check List, 2d ed., 

 1895, no. 7256.— RiiHiWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, (510.— Wayne, 

 Auk, xvi, 1899, 361 (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; crit.). 



i'i.stothorus griseiis Bangs, Auk, xix, 1902, 353 (range). 



« Three specimens. <" Four specimens. 



''Six specimens. </ Breeding iu these localities. 



