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725. *Telmatodytes palustris iliacus Ridgway—LoNnG-BILLED MArsH WRrREN. 
A very common migrant and a common summer resident, arriving 
in the middle of April, breeding in the latter part of June and early 
in July and departing in September. Abundant breeder in the sand- 
hill lake region of Cherry county, common everywhere in marshes 
in the state. Omaha, Tekamah, West Point, Lincoln, Beatrice, York, 
Neligh. 
EXTRALIMITAL: 725c. Telmatodytes p. plesius Oberholser, the 
Interior Tule Wren, is the form breeding in Colorado and Wyoming 
and has been taken to within a few miles of the state line, so may be 
found in western Nebraska during migrations. 
Famity CERTHIID2—Creeprrs 
1. Browner above, with tawny of'rump less distinetly contrasted with 
color of back; smaller, with a shorter bill (wing 22 to 2,4, tail 24 
UO; 227 nChies) Fae geese SRE . Brown Creeper. 
1. Grayer above, ee fone of rump more eveaen cee doninectta with 
color of back; larger, with a longer bill (wing 24 to 2/4, tail 2,7, 
to 23, bill % to ginches.................. Rocky Mountain Creeper. 
726. *Certhia familiaris americana (Bonaparte)—-BROWN CREEPER. 
Eastern Nebraska, resident; common all winter in more southern 
parts, less so northward, rare between middle April and early October 
. when most of them go north to breed. Aughey ‘‘found a nest of this 
bird in a knot-hole in the timber near Dakota City, in June, 1865,” - 
and Trostler has evidence of its breeding near Omaha, rarely. Rulo, 
Dunbar, Omaha, West Point, Ponea, Neligh, Lincoln, Beatrice. The 
westernmost record is from St. Michael just east of the 99th meridian. 
726a. Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway—Rocky MounrTAIN CREEPER. 
Sioux county in winter. The specimen taken there Feb. 17, 1896, 
and on which the only existing record was based, has been examined 
by Oberholser who confirms the identification. It is rare in Sioux 
county and ascends to higher altitudes in spring, probably early in 
April. 
Famity SITTID4—NurvHatcHeEs 
1. Larger, wing about 34 inches; below white, rusty on flanks and 
under tail-coverts only......... Hi) 
1. Smaller, wing about 24 inches; whole Sire eee Goeedl ase sep n- 
2 often bright rusty . ate cits) 
. Above lighter, more i pimuneaus feria aie eineey gray 
with large, sharply defined, oblong patches of black, the 
one on outer web of third feather rounded at end; sides of 
neck grayish white; smaller wing about 32 inches, bill 
shorter, stouter........ eu . White-bellied Nuthatch. 
2. Above darker, more Selene fortes Valarie bluish gray with 
narrower, less sharply defined black patches, the one on 
