JAN., 1909. BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN CORY. 689 



Winter Wren. 



belly more or less irregularly barred with black; tail, very short 

 rarely more than 1.30 inches long. Sexes similar. 



Length, 3.70 to 4.15; wing, i.Soto 2; tail, 1.25; bill, .40. 



The Winter Wren is common during the migrations in Illinois and 

 Wisconsin and at least a casual summer resident in the latter state. 



Mr. W. W. Cooke states: "Mr. H. A. Kline tells us that it nests 

 in the rubbish along the banks of a stream one mile west of Polo, 

 Illinois." (Bird Migration Mississippi Valley, 1888, p. 273.) 



In Wisconsin, F. H. King found it common in summer in the north- 

 ern part of the state (Geol. Wis., 1873-79, P- 49 1 ). an d Kumlien and 

 Hollister say: "A common migrant throughout the state in early 

 spring and late fall. It unquestionably nests in northern Wisconsin." 

 (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 123.) 



Mr. John F. Ferry procured a young bird barely able to fly near 

 Woodruff, Vilas County, Wisconsin, on June 24, 1908. 



The nest is of plant stems and moss, lined with feathers, under old 

 logs, in crevices, or between roots of trees. The eggs are '5 to 7, 

 sparingly -speckled with rufous brown, and measure about .68 x .50 

 inches. 



Genus CISTOTHORUS Cabanis. 



346. Cistothorus stellaris (LIGHT.). 



SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. 



Distr.: Eastern United States, north to southern New Hamp- 

 shire, southern Ontario, Manitoba, and Keewatin, west to Utah; 

 winte'rs in the south Atlantic and Gulf states; breeds chiefly from 



