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Bewick s wren seems to be the representative of the Carolina wren in the west, having all 

 its talent and variety of song, but I believe never mimicking other birds, though its notes may 

 sometimes resemble their songs. I have often been led through dense thickets and swamps 

 by this deceiving songster, expecting to find some new bird. This and the winter wren are 

 among the few birds that enliven the long rainy season with their songs, which are as constantly 

 heard in the dullest weather as in the sunny spring. I could never discover its nest, which is 

 probably built in the hollow of a stump or log. Young broods appear as early as June 1. C. 



This wren is very abundant near Puget Sound. It is a constant resident throughout the 

 year, and is not less abundant during winter. In January and February it is found on sunny 

 days among low thickets and crab-apple brush. Here, in company with the smaller species, 

 T. hyemalis and parkmanni, it may be seen flitting about on the ground and among low branches 

 in quest of food. At this season they are very tame, allowing a man to approach without 

 suspicion or evident fear. Its notes during cold weather are short and low. Later, however, 

 during the breeding season, the voice of the male becomes harsh and loud, not much unlike 

 that of the common house wren of the Atlantic States. S. 



CISTOTHORUS PALUSTRIS, Cab an is. 



Long-billed Marsh. \Vren. 



Certhia palustris, WILSON, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 58; pi. xii, f. 4. 



Troglodytes palastris, BONAP. Obs. Wilson, 1824, No. 66 SWAINSOY, P. Bor. Am. II, 1832, 319. AUDUBON, Orn. 

 Biog I, 1831,500: V, 1839,467; pi. 100. In. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 135; pi. 123. Ntw- 

 BERRY, Zool. Cal. & Or. Route; P. R. R. Rep. VI, iv, 1857, 80. 

 Thryothorus paluttris, NUTTALL, Man. I, 1832, 439 . BON. List, 1833. 

 I hryotho rus arundtneits, VIKILLOT, Nouv. Diet. XXXIV, 1819,58. (Not Troglodytes arundinaceus, Vieillot, Ois. Am. 



II, pi. cviii. ) 



Thryothorus arundinaceous, BONAP. Consp. 1850, 220. 

 Tdmatodytes arundinaceous, CABANIS, Mus. Hein. 1851, 78. (Type.) 

 Cistotharm (Telmatodylcs) palustris, &quot; CAB.&quot; BAIRD, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 364. 



SP. CH. Bill about as long as head. Tail and wing nearly equal. Upper parts of a dull reddish brown, except on the crown, 

 interscapular region, outer surface of tertials, and tail feathers, which are almost black: the first with a median patch, like the 

 ground color ; the second with short streaks of white, extending round on the sides of the neck ; the third indented with brown ; 

 the fourth barred with whitish, decreasing in amount from the outer feather, which is marked from the base to the fifth, where 

 it is confined to the tips; the two middle feathers above like the back, and barred throughout with dusky. Beneath rather 

 pure white, the sides and under tail coverts of a lighter shade of brown than the back; a white streak over the eye. Length, 

 5.50; extent, 6.75; wing, 2.08; tail, 2 00. Irw, brown; bill and feet, lighter brown. 

 Hab. North America, from Atlantic to Pacific : north to Greenland. (Reinhardt.) 



I found the marsh wren abundant in the salt marshes along the coast, and having observed 

 them late in fall and early in March, I think they probably winter in the Territory. C. 



Abundant in the salt marshes at the mouths of the rivers emptying into Puget Sound. Like 

 the rail, this bird allows a very near approach, until the intruder is very nearly upon it, when 

 suddenly rising from the long grass, a quick rapid flight for eight or ten yards, a sudden plunge 

 into the grass or sedge, and again the little creature is securely hidden. They have a very 

 happy faculty of travelling rapidly through the grass, so that it is rare, even when haste is 

 made, to flush the bird at the same point he was just before &quot;marked down&quot; at. 



A specimen killed on the 18th of July, 185G, on the Nisqually marshes, Puget Sound, 

 measured 4.75 inches in length; extent, 6.75. The upper mandible, dusky black; lower, dusky 



