364 U. 8. P. R. R, EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catal.) Sex and Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig’|| Collected by— | Length.| Stretch Wing. Remarks. 
No. | age. | lected. No. ‘lof wings. 
| Alin ee ae: 
9562 | G | Carlisle, Passescsesssss | April 30, 1846 
2047 Mar. 29, 1845 
1061 | OW erin COctewesacvsiscne sy | June 14, 1843 
1104 | OE [ocevseAOre cocccseoveeere July 5, 1843]...... 
1103 | co eeceecee sees do Ssjwaeit 
7126 | .......| Fort Steilacoom........| Feb. —, 1856 
7128 eee Goscsenectnceeces eReerens: 
7129 | Shoalwater bay, W. T 5 June —, 1855 
S41 | eee Fort Vancouver, W. T.| Dec. 29, 1853 Ins brown, legs gray, bill 
black and white. 
4541 pp ee ee Washington Territory..; Dec. 29, 1856 
5516 | Q | Petaluma, Cal.........) May 8, 1856 
7133 | 3 San Francisco. .c.ceces|sccsccccsccces 
7) 21) eee Cosumnes river.ses eee on 
[Reet ee Fort Tejon ....cccescer|ssccesvcere Se || Seka CEAVESCY: icc lleisessc| cccelecactceecioaes tae 
TORE Nahe a ee Los Nogales, Mexico...| Jan. —, 1855} Major Emory....| 77 | Dr. Kennerly.. 
7131 Q Devil’sxviver, Lexas asctllsiseisteceearisiiss|lecoice Ossrsccclecns 18 | J. H. Clark .... 
7130 Ade ace Ringgold Barracks, Tex.| Jan. 15, 1853 |... ees dO.evecseeas | 
SOON en New Leon, Mex....... April—, 1853 | Lieut. Couch... Eyes brown, feet light 
| : | | brown. 
3971 fe) Santa Rosalia, Mex..... | Mar. —, 1853 | deseis dO... ..ea eee Eyes brown, feet lead., 
QUI | eevccce| MEXICOcccccncce: cocees |ececccscvecene | M. Verreaux..... p [eepssee cote sccieac acc 
CISTOTHORUS, Cabanis. 
Cistothorus, Capants, Mus. Hein. 1850-1, 77. Type Troglodytes stellaris. 
Telmatodytes, Capants, Mus. Hein. 1850-1, 78. Type Certhia palustris. 
Thriothorus, ViewtLoT, Analyse, 1816, according to G. R. Gray. See article on genus Thriothorus. 
Cu.—Bill about as long as the head or much shorter, much compressed, not notched, gently decurved from the middle ; the gonys 
slightly concave or straight. Toes reaching to the end of the tail. ‘Tarsus longer than the middle toe. Hind toe longer than 
the lateral, shorter than the middle. Lateral toes about equal. Hind toe longer than or equal to its digit. Wings rather 
longer than the tail, all the feathers of which are much graduated; the lateral only two-thirds the middle. The feathers 
narrow. Back black, conspicuously streaked with white. 
The excessive graduation of all the feathers of a tail shorter than the wings, in connexion 
with stout feet and a hind toe as long as or longer than its digit, appears to characterize this 
group. Ihave drawn the characters to include both Cistothorus and Telmatodytes of Cabanis, 
as they are very closely related. The characters of these will be found under the sub-family 
Troglodytinae. 
CISTOTHORUS (TELMATODYTES) PALUSTRIS, Cabanis. 
Long-billed Marsh Wren. 
Certhia palustris, Witson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 58; pl. xii, f. 4. 
Troglodytes palustris, Bonar. Obs. Wilson, 1824, No. 66.—Swainson, F. Bor. Am. II, 1832, 319.—Avpuson, Orn, 
Biog. I, 1831, 500: V, 1839, 467; pl. 100.—Is. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 135; pl. 123.—New- 
BERRY, Zool. Cal. & Or. Route ; P. R. R. Rep. VI, 1v, 1857, 80. 
Thryothorus palustris, Nurraty, Man. I, 1832, 439.—Bon. List, 1838. 
Thryothorus arundineus, Vieittot, Nouv. Dict. XXXIV, 1819, 58. (Not Troglodytes arwndinaceus, Vieillot, Ois. 
Am. II, pl. eviii.) 
Thryothorus arundinaceus, Bonar. Consp. 1850, 220. 
Telmatodytes arwndinaceus, Casanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 78. (Type.) 
