NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS. 317 



722a. Western Winter Wren. 0. h. pacificus. 



Range.- Western North America from the Rockies to the coast, north to 

 Alaska. 



This species is much browner both above and below and is more heavily bar- 

 red than the last; its habits and eggs are like those of hiemalis. 



722b. Kadiak Winter Wren. O. h. helleri. 

 Range. Kadiak Island, Alaska. 

 Said to be slightly larger and paler than pacificus. 



723. Alaskan Wren. Olbiorchilus alascensis. 

 Range. Aleutian and Pribilof Islands, Alaska. 



Larger and paler than the Western Winter Wren. The habits 

 of this species are similar to those of the eastern Winter Wren; 

 they nest between boulders and in crevices of rocks or stumps 

 making their nests of moss and rootlets, lined with feathers.' 

 The eggs are like those of the Winter Wren but slightly larger; [White.] 

 size .65 x .51. 



724. Short-billed Marsh Wren. Cistothorus stellaris. 



Range. Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf to Man- 

 itoba and Maine. 



This species does not appear to be as common anywhere as is 

 the Long-billed variety, whose habits and nests are similar. 

 They nest in or on the borders of marshes, the nests being glob- 

 ular structures of grasses, lined with hair, and with the entrance 

 on the side; they are attached above the ground or water in 

 marsh grass or reeds. Their eggs, which number from six to eight, are pure 

 white; size .64 x .48. 



725. Long-billed Marsh Wren. Telmatodytespalustris. 



Range. United States east of the Rockies, breeding from the Gulf north to 

 Manitoba and New England; winters in southern United States. 



These birds are very abundant in suitable localities throughout their range, 

 breeding in colonies in large marshes and in smaller numbers 

 in small marshy places. Their nests are similar to those of the 

 last, being globular and attached to cat-tails or reeds; the 

 entrance is a small round hole in the side of the rush-woven 

 structures and the interior is neatly finished with fine grass and 

 hair. They lay from five to eight eggs of a pale chocolate color, rpa T" 

 dotted and spotted with darker shades of the same; size .64 x .45. 

 Data. Delray, Mich., May 27, 1900. Six eggs. Nest a ball of woven flags and 

 grasses, lined with cat-tail down, and attached to rushes in salt marsh over two 

 feet of water. Collector, Geo. W. Morse. 



725a. Tule Wren. T. p. paludicola. 



Range. Western United States on the Pacific coast; north to British Columbia. 



The nesting habits and eggs of these birds are in all respects like those of the 

 last. 



725b. Worthington Marsh Wren. T.p.griseus. 



Range. Coast of South Carolina and Georgia. 



The habits and eggs of this paler form are identical with those of palustris. 

 725c. Interior Tule Wren. T.p.plesius. 



Range. United States west of the Rockies, except the Pacific coast; north to 

 British Columbia. This variety is like the Tule Wren but slightly paler; its 

 nesting habits and eggs are the same. 



