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features of T. mariante ; markings of wings and tail less pronounced than in typical palustris. 

 Coast of Soutli Carolina and Georgia. Brewster, Auk, July, 1893, p. 216; A. 0. U. 

 List, 2d ed., 1895, p. 302, No. 725 6. 



T. marian'se. (To Mrs. Marian J. Scott, wife of W. E. D. Scott.) Marian's Marsh 

 Wren. Differing from T. palustris in 

 general darker coloration ; black of back 

 and crown extensive ; the brown parts of 

 an olivaceous rather than rufous shade ; 

 breast clouded ; upper and under tail 

 coverts and Hanks decidedly barred ; 

 lower mandible dark. West coast of 

 Florida, Tarpon Springs to Cedar Keys ; 

 apparently resident. Intermediates be- 

 tween this supposed species and T. pa- 

 lustris, through T. p. griseus, may be 

 expected to occur, but none such are as 

 yet forthcoming. ScOTT, Auk, Apr. 

 1888, p. 188 ; A. 0. U. List, 2d ed. 1895, 

 p. 303, No. 725. 1. Telmatodijtes mari- 

 nnce Coues, Key, 1890, 4th ed., p. 898 ; 

 Cistothorus 2Jrt/((s<m mariance Brew- 

 ster, Auk, July, 1893, p. 219. 

 T. p. paludi'cola. (Lat. pialudicola, a 

 marsh-inhabiter ; palus, a marsh, and 

 colo, I cultivate.) Tule Marsh Wren. 

 Bill averaging shorter ; tail and its cov- 

 erts more ilistinctly barred. Western 

 United States and British Provinces from 

 the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, and 

 S. in Mexico ; breeds throughout its U. S. 

 range, and winters from Oregon south- 

 ward. It abounds iu many localities in 

 tlie tule {Scirpus validus) marshes, 

 whence its Spanish vernacular name is 

 derived. See Key, 4th ed., 1890, p. 898. 

 Disallowed in A. 0. U. List of 188(5 ; 

 admitted in 2d ed., 1895, p. 302, N... 

 725 a. This has lately been split into 

 paludicola proper of the Pacific Coast, 

 and C. p. jil'^sius Oberholser, Auk, 

 Apr. 1897, p. 188, supposed to be paler, 

 etc., and to inhabit the rest of tlie region ju.st .said. 



CISTOTHORUS. (Gr. Kiarros, kistos, a shrub ' doipds, thouros, leaping.) Marsh Wrens. 

 Like TcliiKitodi/tes ; wlude back and crown streaked with white. Bill scarcely or not one-half 

 as long as liead. Eggs white. 



C. Stella' ris. (Lat. stellaris, starry; i. e., speckled. Fig. 159.) Short-billed Marsh 

 Wren. Upper parts brown; crown and most of back blackish, streaked with white. Below, 

 whitish, sliaded with clear brown across breast, along sides, and especially on flanks and 

 crissum, the latter more or less indistinctly barred with dusky (often inappreciable). A whitish 

 line over eye. Wings and tail marked as in the last species; upper tail-coverts decidedly 



Fio. l.">8. — Long-billed Marsh W 



(From The Osprey.) 



