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nostril, .46, along gape, .83; tarsus, .84; middle toe and claw, .75 ; claw alone, 
.22; hind toe and claw, .63; claw alone, .32. 
Smith- Icotlee- Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. ‘i 
1,456 at 3 | Carlisle, Pa. May 4, °44. SE. Baird: il) 1 aera 
S560) Bes fe) «“ May 20, ’44. FER | ut eee 
28,936 | 891 o | Washington, D. C. | May 21, ’60. DreEriConessa) eo) ey spiswet 
12,111 eo ce May 19, ’59. GCG. Drexler, 2 gh ureter tee 
11,886 36 .. | Whitfield Co., Ga. sale A.iGerhardts: oli vaacee 
4,744? ae -- | Mouth of Big Sioux.| May 4, *56. Lt. Warren. Dr. Hayden. 
Cistothorus palustris, var. paludicolia. 
Cistothorus palustris, var. paludicola, Bairpv.—Troglodytes palustris, 
News. P. R. Rep. VI, 1v, 1857, 80 (Pacific region).— Cistothorus pa- 
lustris, Cooper & Suckiery, P. R. Rep. X, 1, 1859, 190 CW. T.). 
Hab. Pacific coast United States. 
In comparing a series of Marsh Wrens of eastern North America 
with western, I find that they differ appreciably in certain character- 
istics, which may perhaps be expressed by the following diagnoses :— 
Var. palustris.—Bill lengthened, equal to tarsus. Tail coverts above and 
below either perfectly plain, or with very obsolete bands, reduced to 
obscure spots beneath. Bands on tail broken; scarcely appreciable on 
the middle feathers. 
Var. paludicola.—Bill shorter than tarsus. Tail coverts distinctly banded 
all across. Bands on tail quite distinct; appreciable on the central 
feathers. 
How far these differences in size of bill, ete., will be found persist- 
ent through larger series of specimens, I am unable to say. 
I am unable at present to say to which variety the Mexican bird 
(Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1856, 290), and the Guatemalan (Sclater & Salvin, 
Ibis, 1859, 8) belong. 
(No. 7,141, Washington Territory.) Total length, 4.70; wing, 1.96; tail, 
2.00; graduation, .45; exposed portion of Ist primary, .63, of 2d, 1.25; of 
longest (measured from exposed base of Ist primary), 1.50; length of bill 
from forehead, .60, from nostril, .38, along gape, .70; tarsus, .78; middle toe 
and claw, .61; claw alone, .20; hind toe and claw, .50; claw alone, .26. 
Smith-|Collec-| Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. Collected. 
7,141 | 110 -- | Shoalwater Bay. Oct. 31,’54. | Goy. Stevens. Dr. Cooper. 
16,173 51 Q | Fort Crook, Cal. see Dit. OUNIO by) fa]. a Were sce 
7,140 aie g | Sacramento Valley. Lt. Williamson, Dr. Heermann. 
25,350 Ac .. | Fort Tejon, Cal. Oct. 23, "57; |) SOROs DRONEUS,, fe). \reeteretens 
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