SUMMER GROUP — NEUTRAL LIST 2$ 



16. LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. 



Brown Brownish-white. 



5-5^. Above, brown, unbarred ; crown, dark ; whitish 



superciliary line ; middle of back, black, white-streaked ; 



tail (and wings somewhat), barred ; below, central part of 



breast nearly white ; deeply shaded with brown on sides. 



North to Mass. ; nest, of woven rushes and mud, lined with hair, 

 attached to waving reeds ; eggs, last of May, 6-10, dark chocolate- 

 brown ; fine architect ; in fresh and salt marshes ; somewhat grega- 

 rious ; winters rarely in S. N. J. 



17. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. 



Brown Brownish-white . 



4>^. Above, blackish-brown, white-streaked ; whitish 



superciliary line ; tail (and wings somewhat), barred. 



Mass. and southward; rare in Pa. ; only rare migrant in N. J., 

 where it occasionally winters in southern part ; nest differs from that 

 of " long-billed" in being without mud, and sometimes in tussock of 

 grass ; eggs, last of May, 6-8, white, unmarked ; somewhat gregari- 

 ous. 



18. HOUSE WREN. 

 Dark wren-brown Light brown. 



4K~5/^' Obscure superciliary line ; finely waved through- 

 out with blackish-brown ; fail, erect. 



Nest, of miscellaneous materials, in hole ; eggs, June ist, 6-9, 

 pinkish-white, speckled throughout ; fine singer. 



19. BANK SWALLOW. 



Dull brown White. 



5. Band across breast, dull brown. 



Nest, a horizontal hole in sand-bank, about 2 ft. deep, enlarged at 

 inner end, which is lined with soft material ; eggs, latter part of May, 

 4-5, pure white. 



