TELMATODYTES PALUDICOLA. 425 



Telmatodytes PALUSTRIS. 



I>on(;-billod Iflnrsli 'Wrt'ii. 



/?. paludicola — Tulc Wren. 



Cktothorus palustris var. paludicola, Baird, Keview Am. B., 1864, 148. — B. B. & 

 K., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 161.— Densqaw, 1875, 185. 



Telmatodytes palustris, CoUES, Key, 1872, 87 (part); CUeck List, 1873, No. 51; B, 

 N.W., 1874, 35 (part). 



Cistoihorus [Telmatodytes) palustris (part), BAIRD, B. N. Am., 1858, 364; Cat. N. 

 Am. B., 1859, No. 268 (part).— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 75. 



In all mai'shy localities where there existed even a limited growth of 

 tules, the Long-billed Marsh Wren was more or less abundant. It was 

 consequently found in numerous places, but it abounded most in those 

 extensive marshes adjoining the lower portions of the Truckee, Humboldt, 

 and Jordan Rivers, it being so abundant at the latter locality that several 

 nests were often visible at one time in the thick growth of reeds. The 

 song of this AVren is ver}^ peculiar, being a confused sputtering, scolding 

 harangue, somewhat similar to, but harsher and less pleasing than, the song 

 of Troglodytes aedon. 



List of specimens. 



273, (J ad.; Truckee Meadows, Nevada, November 15, 1867. 5^'^— 6^— 2 ,^„— 1 1^— /"j 

 — 11 — 1-j^- — \^. Upper mandible, slaty-black ; commissure and lower inandil)le, lilacs- 

 ons-wbite, tbe latter more dusky terminally; iris, umber; far.^^i and ti)es, delicate 

 brownish-white, strongly tinged with bluish lilaceous. 



370, i ad.; Truckee Bottom, near Pyramid Lake, December 25. 5J—6g— 2/^—1 j( — 

 J — ji — 2— §. Same remarks. Tar.si and toes, deep light-brown, with yellowish tinge. 



737, nest and five eggs: Truckee Bottom, near Pyramid Lake, May 18, 1868. 

 Nest among reeds in deep water, near lake-shore. 



738, nest. Same remarks as to preceding. 



950, S ad.; Deep Creek, Utah, October .5, 1868. 5g— 7— (»)- 1}§. Bill, black; com- 

 niissure and basal two thirds of lower mandible, pure lilaceous; iris, umber; tarsi and 

 toes, deep sepia, the latter darkest. 



951, S ad.; 952, 5 ad.; 5g— 7J— (?)— l|f . Same remarks. 



1010, 1011, 1012, lOl.J, 1014, 1015, May 21, 1869; 1079, 1080, lOSl, 10S2, .Tune 2, 

 1869; nests and eggs; Jordan Kiver (near Salt Lake City), Utah. Nests each attached 

 to several stalks of upright reeds, or tules, standing in tbe water, near uests of 

 Xauthocephalus icterocephalus. Maximum number of eggs four, but the number prob- 

 ably soQietimes exceeds this. 



1459, i JHV.; Parley's Park (Wahsatch Mountains), Utah, July 26, 1869. 4§— 6^. 



