276 WRENS. 



attached to reeds, grass stems and bushes. Song, often giv- 

 en in flight, a bubbling melody, rising and falling, sometimes 

 connected with trilling notes. Flight, weak and fluttering. 

 Local in distribution. 



1*. MAEIAN'S MARSH WREN, T. p. makianae. Dif- 

 fers from 1 in being smaller and much darker and more heav- 

 ily banded. Breeds on the coasts of the Carolinas ; winters 

 in western Fla. 



1**. LOUISANA MARSH WREN, T. p. thbyophilus. 

 Differs from 1* in being smaller and paler; crown with med- 

 ian stripe, often wide, upper tail coverts often unbarred. 

 Coast of La. and Tex. 



1***. WORTHINGTON'S MARSH WREN, T. p. gbis- 

 Eus. Differs from 1* in being mu(;h paler and grayer with 

 black of upper parts not as extended ; top of head and back, 

 olive; white streakings, few. South Atlantic coast from 

 southern S. C. to northern Fla. 



f. Meadow Wrens. Cistothotus. 



Very small wrens ; bills, short and slender , head and back 

 streaked with white. Nests, in sedges, globular ; eggs, white. 

 1. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN, C. stellaris. 4.25; 

 dark-brown above streaked on head and back with whitish, 

 Fig. 369. banded elsewhere with buff; white be- 



neath tinged with buff on breast and 

 sides, fig. 369. Breeds in eastern N. A. 

 from southern N. H. and Manitoba south 

 to the Gulf coast; winters in the Gulf 

 States; south in Sep.; north in May. 

 Frequents sedgy, not very wet, marshes 

 in summer, dry savannas in winter. 

 Song, an oft-repeated tinkle somewhat 

 CC, R, f, 1. like the sound produced by a light ham- 



mer striking an anvil with a sharp blow then rebounding 

 three or four times; never given on the wing; more often 

 heard during cloudy weather or by night. 



