58 BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



to niue; .64x.49; ground color white, but so thickly dotted with specks of red- 

 dish brown and a few purple slate markings that the white is concealed; in 

 form oval. In color and habits, a/oc simile of the House Wren, T. aedon. Our 

 western specimens would naturally have a somewhat faded or bleached look 

 when compared with eastern specimens, but I do not think that this alone — 

 so slight and gradual a difference — should entitle it to rank as a subspecies; 

 but I bow to the decision of the A. O. U. Committee, and drop, as a Kansas 

 bird, T. aedon from the list. 



Subgenus ANORTHURA Rennie. 



B. 273. R. 65. C. 76. G. 27. U. 722. 



314. TroglodsTtes hiemalis Vieill. Winter Wren, Winter sojourner; rare. 

 Leave the first of March. 



Genus CISTOTHORUS Cabanis. 

 Subgenus CISTOTHORUS. 



B. 269. R. 68. C. 81. G. 29. U. 724. 



315. Cistothorus Stellaris (Light.). Short-billed Marsh Wren. Migratory; 

 rare. Possibly breed in the State. Arrive in May. 



Subgenus TELMATODYTES Cabanis. 



B. 268. R. 67, 67a. C. 79, 80. G. 28. U. 725. 



316. Cistothorus palustris (Wils.). Long-billed Marsh Wren. Summer resi- 

 dent; rare; in migration common. Arrive the last of April to first of May. 

 Begiir laying the last of May. Nest sometimes on a low bush, but generally 

 in thick standing grass, on low, wet boggy marshes; made of leaves from the 

 grasses, woven in and around the standing growing stalks; a globular nest, 

 about five inches in diameter, with a small, round hole on the side for en- 

 trance, lined with feathers and a soft, cotton-like substance from plants. 

 Eggs, five to nine; .63x.50; ground color ashy bi'own, but so thickly specked 

 and blotched with deep chocolate brown that some specimens appear uniform; 

 in form oval. 



Family CERTHIID^. Creepers. 



Genus CERTHIA Linnjsus. 



B. 275. R. 55. C. 62. G. 21. U. 726. 



317. Certhia familiaris americana (Bonap.). Brown Creeper. Winter so- 

 journer; common. Leave in April. 



'Family PAIIID.3E. Nuthatches and Tits. 



Subfamily SITTINv^. Nuthatches. 



Genus SITTA LiNNa:us. 



B. 277. R. 51. C. 57. G. 19. U. 727. 



318. Sitta carolinensis Lath. White-breasted Nuthatch. Resident; common. 

 Begin laying about the last of April. Nest in decayed hollows in trees; en- 



