572 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



20, 1902, September 11 and 22, 1907; and September 14 and 20, 

 1913. Most frequent along old hedgerows and edges of woods. 



160. HOUSE WREN 



TROGLODYTES AEDON Vieillot 



Not very common summer resident ; usually seen near buildings 

 or orchards. Noted September 29, 1899 ; April 9 and 13, and June 

 7, and often thereafter in 1901 ; also on September 20, 1913. 



161. WINTER WREN 



NANNUS HIEMALIS (Vieillot) 



Probably a rare resident from October to April. Seen occa- 

 sionally in gulleys and brushpiles in 1901, from April 5 to 11 ; also 

 on October 30, 1906, and October 13, 1907. 



162. PRAIRIE MARSH WREN 



TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS ILIACUS Ridgway 



This shy little wren is one of the most interesting and, in a 

 sense, cheery members of the Maxinkuckee avifauna. It arrives 

 from the south late in May or early in June and remains until the 

 end of October or even for a few days in November if the sea- 

 son be unusually fine. Though never abundant it is not a rare 

 bird and one to several individuals may be heard any day in sum- 

 mer or fall in the marshes about the lake, along the Outlet, and at 

 the Inlet. It was most often noted in the rank growth of Typha, 

 Scirpus, and Calamagrostis along the railroad just west of Green's 

 marsh and along the Outlet and about the head of Lost Lake. We 

 have noted it occasionally in the large marsh at Norris Inlet and 

 at various places along the outlet below Lost Lake. At least one 

 pair was found each season in a small pond just north of the As- 

 sembly grounds, another near the Winfield cottage, another in a 

 marsli on Aubeenaubee Creek on the east side, and still another 

 in a marsh on the south shore just east of Farrar's cottage; and on 

 one occasion a single bird was heard in the Scirpus patch in front 

 of the Gravelpit. It may occur in other Scirpus patches about 

 the lake but our notes make no mention of it elsewhere than in 

 the places already enumerated. 



One does not easily see this bird, so shy is it and so easily can 

 it conceal itself in the dense growths of tall Typha, Scirpus and 

 Calamagrostis. One is generally first made aware of its pres- 

 ence by a rather harsh, screeping, scolding note from near the tops 



