314 Swartu, Marsh Wrens of California. ae 
of the subspecies as here recognized, and tends accordingly towards 
estuarinus in appearance. Judging from the appearance of this 
specimen, the suggestion arose of the probable division of the 
Pacific Coast marsh wren into two races, northern and southern; 
one of the two, a larger form, paludicola, in the north, south to San 
Francisco Bay and the Suisun region; the other, a smaller, un- 
named race, along the southern coast district. This was the 
writer’s first idea of the state of affairs; but breeding birds which 
became available from scattered points along the entire coast 
from Washington to southern California, demonstrated the essen- 
tial unity of the series, though with an appreciable diminution in 
size southward. (Most breeding birds from the San Diego region 
are decidedly smaller than any from other points.) 
Telmatodytes palustris plesius (Oberholser). 
Type locality— Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 
Range in California.— Breeds in the northeastern corner of the State 
(the Modoc or Great Basin faunal area). There are breeding birds at hand 
from the following localities: Pit River near Alturas, Tule (= Rhett) Lake, 
and Eagle Lake. One from Fort Crook may or may not be a breeding 
bird. There are no data to indicate whether or not any individuals of this 
race remain through the winter on the breeding grounds. The subspecies 
is abundant in winter in suitable spots on the Colorado and Mohave deserts; 
it also occurs in large numbers in the San Diégan region, and in much lesser 
numbers in the San Joaquin Valley and northward along the coast as far 
as Marin County. : 
Specimens examined from the following localities.— California: Imperial 
County: Fort Yuma, 5; Brawley, 1. San Diego County: Tia Juana 
River, 1; San Diego, 1. Riverside County: Mecca, 7; Palm Springs, 2; 
Riverside Mountain, 1; Lower Chemehuevis Valley, 1; Corona, 2. San 
Bernardino County: Yermo, 3; Victorville, 4; San Bernardino, 1. Los 
Angeles County: Long Beach, 4; Bixby, 4; San Pedro, 1; Alamitos, 1; 
El Monte, 2; Los Angeles, 7; Pasadena, 2; Nigger Slough, 1. Inyo 
County: Death Valley, 1. Mono County: Gem Lake, 1. Mariposa 
County: Yosemite Valley, 1. Stanislaus County: La Grange, 1. San 
Benito County: Paicines,1. Santa Clara County: Palo Alto, 2. Merced 
County: Los Banos, 1. Alameda County: Berkeley, 1. Marin County: 
Point Reyes, 1; Tomales Point, 1. Lassen County: Eagle Lake, 1. 
Shasta County: Fort Crook, 1. Siskiyou or Modoc County: Tule (= 
Rhett) Lake, 2. Modoc County: Alturas, 2. 
Oregon: Burns, 1; Camp Harney, 1; Fort Klamath, 2; Corvallis, 1. 
