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330. Troglodytes aedon Vieill. House Wren. 



Breeding Range — U. S., mainly east of the Alleghanies* northward to 



Canada. 

 Winter Distribdtion — Southern States. 



Common summer resident, but {i))p:vrently becominii; rare in many 

 parts of the country. Arrives April 25 and departs October 5. 



331. Trof/lodtjtes hiemalisyiEihh. Winter Wren. 



Breeding Range — Northern border of U. S. northward, and southward 



on the higher mountains. 

 Winter Distribution — Through eastern U. S. 

 Common winter resident from September 25 to April ] , and some- 

 times individuals linger as late as May 10. 



In the higher Alleglianies, where the hemlock forests still stand, 

 the AVinter Wren is a regular summer resident (Harvey's Lake — 



Stone, North Mt Dwight, Tobyhanna, Pocono Mt — S. Broivn). 



Dr. AYarren stales that Mr. Otto Behr secured a nest and eggs in 

 Sullivan county. Pa, 



332. Cistothorus stellar is (T.icnx.) Short-billed Marsh 



Wren. 



Breeding Range — Eastern U. S. and southern British America. 

 Winter Distribution — Southern States. 

 Rare migrant, and in southern New Jersey occasional (regular?) 

 winter resident. 



The following captures have come to our notice during the past 

 few years : 



Haddonfiehi, N. J., Sept., H, 1890, S. N. Rhoads. 

 Cape May, N. J., Jan. 28, 1892, Witmer Stone. 



" " Jan. 29, 1892, S. N. Rhoads. 



May's Landing, N. J., Oct. 25, 1892, S. N. Rhoads. 



A nest of this species was secured on Chain Dam Island, Lehigh 

 river, Pa., by Dr. J. AV. Detwiler in July, 188G, and another " un- 

 finished nest" was found near Quakertown, Bucks county. Pa., in 

 1884. 



AVe know of no other records of its bree.ding in eastern Pennsyl- 

 vania or New Jersey. 



* The Ohio and Mississippi A^alley bird is nearer to T. aedon aztecus, cf. Allen. 

 —Auk, 1888, p. 164. 



