BIKPP — LIOTRICniPAr. — CISTOTTIfiRUS STF.LLARIS. 



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Sr. Ch. — Bill about as long u head. Tail and winij nearly equal. I'ppcr parts of a dull rcddisli brown, except on the 

 crown, iiitursrapulur region, outer surfncc oftertials, and tail feathert:, which arc olniust black : the firot with a incdiun p:ilcli 

 like the ground color ; the eccond with shori streaks of white, extending round on the sides of the neck : the third indented 

 with brown ; the fuurtli hnrred wilh whitish, decreasing in amount from the outer feather, whiili is marked from tlic base, to the 

 tilth, whore it is confined to ihu tips ; the two middle feuthcrs above like the back, and barred throughout with <lii>ky. Rcncath 

 rather pure white, tlio sides and under tail coverts of a lighter shade of brown tliun thu buck; a white streak over Ihu eye. 

 Length, 5.50 ; wing, 2.08 ; tail, 2.00. (M54.) 



Hub. — North America from Atlantic to Pacific -, north to Greenland. (Reinhardt.) 



There is only a slight tentlency to paler bars on the under parts, tlicse being broad, very 

 obsolete, and confined to the sides. The under tail coverts are moderately spotted in a male. 

 In a female (loofi) they are immaculate, and the black of the tail is less distinct ; the size is 

 considerably smaller ; the colors of the back brighter and more rufous. 



Specimens vary in the greater or less intensity of the lighter patch on the head, the crown 

 sometimes appearing nearly black. The rump is generally a little brighter than elsewhere ; 

 the upper tail coverts more or less distinctly barred. There is but little marking on tlie 

 primaries. 



In some western specimens there is a brownish tinge across the breast, but otherwise there is 

 but little difference. No. 7141, from Shoal water bay, has a shorter bill than any others in the 

 series before me. 



Eeinhardt (Vidensk. Meddel. for 1853, 81,) quotes ^'Troglodytes arundinaceus, A^ieillot," as 

 found in Greenland. Yieillot's species of 1807 is really Tltryothorus ludovicianus, but reference is 

 probably meant to his T hryothorus arundinevs, which, as stated below, is the present species.' 



• List of specimens. 



CISTOTHORUS STELLARIS, Cabanis. 



Short-biUed 3Iar$h Wreu. 



Troglodytes slellaris, " Licht." Naumanm, Vogel Deutschl. Ill, 1623, 724. (Carolina.) • 



Cistolhorus ilellaris, Cab.\nis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 77. Type. 



7'rogJod!/(es6r«riros(r«,NcTTALL, Trans. Anier. Acad. Arts and Sc.New Ser. 1, 1833,96, with figure. Quoted in Manual, 



though date of volume is subsequent to 1832. — Ib- Manual, I, 1832, 436. — .-^ud. Oin. 



Biog. II, 1834, 427 : V, 1839, 469 ; pi 175 — Ib. Syn. 1839, 76.— Ib. Birds Ainer. II, 1B41, 



138 ; pi. 124.— BoN. List, 1838.— Ib. Consp. 1850, 220. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill very short, scarcely half the length of the head. Wing and tail about equal. Hinder part of the crown and 

 the scapular and interscapular region of the back and rump almost black, streaked with while. Tail dusky, tho feathers barred 



i Most recent authors erroneously refer the TroglodijUs aruniinoccus of Vieillot in Ois. Am. Sept., to the present species. 

 The Thryolhorus anindineiu, or " Tliryothore des Roseaux" of Vieillot, (Nouv. Diet.,) is really the same ; but on the same 

 page he expressly states that the Troglodytes arundinaceus, or " Troglodyte des Roseaux" of the Ois. Am. Sept., is identical 

 with Syhia ludoriciana of Latham, as would readily be inferred from the description and figure. The habits, as indicated, 

 were, however, probably based on pnlustris. 



