1890.I Scott. Birds of the Gulf Coast of Florida. I 1 7 



(New Jersey southward to North Carolina) average : Wing, 2.27; tail, 

 2.04; culmen .63 inch. 



"The Tarpon Springs birds are evidently less differentiated from 

 ludovicianus than Miami birds, on which miamensis was originally based, 

 yet they are already so different from even north Florida birds that it 

 seems better to refer the Tarpon Springs birds to the southern race." 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. Allen for the very careful diagnoses and 

 observations above quoted, and heartily concur in all he savs. 



Mr. Atkins did not find representatives of this subspecies at all com- 

 monly at Punta Rassa, where his only record is one taken on April 12, 

 1SS6. He has furnished me with no records for the Island of Kev West. 



Troglodytes aedon. Housk Wren. — A common migrant, arriving later 

 in the fall, remaining throughout the winter in numbers, and leaving 

 early in April for the north. The latest spring record at Tarpon Springs 

 is of a male bird taken April 12, 18S6. This specimen was moulting. 

 Mr. Atkins says the species is a common winter resident at both Punta 

 Rassa and Key West. 



Cistothorus stellaris. Short-billed Marsh Wrex. — A rather com- 

 mon winter resident in suitable localities in the vicinity of Tarpon 

 Springs. Here I have taken the birds in both salt and fresh water 

 marshes, though marshes of sedge grass where the water is brackish and 

 the sedge not very high nor dense seem to be preferred. The birds 

 arrive at this point in September and remain until April 1 to 10. Mr. 

 Atkins has not met with the species at either of the points where he has 

 collected. 



Of the thirty individuals that have come under my notice at this point, 

 the only marked variation in color is in the intensity of the huffish of the 

 under parts, which varies from pale but decided buff to a deep shade 

 approaching cinnamon. There is also a decided tendency to blackish 

 barring on the flanks, which though absent in many individuals is very 

 decidedly conspicuous in others. About one third of the birds examined 

 have this characteristic more or less pronounced. 



Cistothorus palustris. Long-billed Marsh Wren. — A rather rare 

 winter visitor in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs. About fifteen individuals 

 have been collected in December and January in the past few vears. Mr. 

 Atkins has been unable to detect the presence of this species at either 

 Punta Rassa or Key West. 



Cistothorus marianae. Marian's Marsh Wren. — This species is an 

 abundant fall, winter, and spring bird in all suitable localities in the region 

 about Tarpon Springs and to the north of the mouth of the Anclote River 

 at least as far as Cedar Keys, and probably on the Gulf coast of the State 

 from that point northward and westward. I have found them most com- 

 monly on the salt water marshes at the head of tide water, but have 

 detected them in the saw-grasses of the fresh water lakes and 

 ponds that 1 have investigated for at least ten miles back from the coast. 

 It seems probable that a few representatives breed, at least in the vicinity 

 of Tarpon Springs, for though no nests or eggs have been obtained, I 



