WKEXS. 



511 



Fig-. 405 



streaks on back and beneath, white; tail, 

 barred Avith dusky, wings with white, fig. 

 405. Breeds chiefly east of 

 Alleghanies, from Va. and Md. 

 north to western N. Y. and 

 Mass.; winters from N. C. south 

 to Fhi.; south in Sept. and Oct., 

 north in May. Frequents very 

 wet marshes. Nests attached to 

 reeds, grass sterns and bushes. 

 Song, often given in flight, a 

 bubbling melody rising and 

 falling; sometimes one out- 

 burst connected with next bj' 

 tinkling notes. Flight, weak 



and fluttering. 



Lons-biiled 

 Marsh Wren. 



588. MARIA.N xMARSH WREN. 



Differs from last in being smaller, 

 much darker and more heavily banded. 

 Breeds on coasts of Carolinas; winters in 

 western Fla. 



