SYNS. AND CHARS. OF TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS 179 



Pr. Phila. Acad. vii. 1855, 309 (New Mexico). Kennic. Tr. 111. Agric. Soc. i. 18">5, 583. 

 Putn. Pr. Ess. Inst. i. 1856, 208. Sd. PZS. 1856, 290 (Cordova). Newb PRRR. vi. 1857, 

 SO.Heerm. PRRR. x. 1859, 54. Set. Ibis, i 1859, 8 (Guatemala). Reinh. Ibis, iii. 1861, 5 

 (Greenland). Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst. vi. 1871, 115. 



Thryothorus palustris, Pp. CGL. 1838, 11. Burnett, Pr. Boat. Soc. iv. 1851, llf>. Turnb. 

 B. E. Pa. 1869, 27 ; Phila. ed. 20. 



CiStOthOPIlS (TelinatOdytes) palU8tris, Bd. BNA. 1858, 364. Cones ffPrent. Smiths. Rep. for 



1861, 1862, 410. Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst. iv. 1864, 83. 



(istothortis palustris. Xantus, Pr. Phila. Acad. xi. 1859, 191. Wheat. Ohio Agric. Rep. 1860, 

 365. C. frS. NHWT. 1860, 190. Scl. CAB. 1861, <&.Hayd. Tr. Am. Philos. Soc. xii. 



1862, l&l.Blakist. Ibis, 1862, 5 (Saskatchewan) ; 1863, 67. Scl. PZS. 1864, 172 (GMty of 

 Mexico). Bd. Rev. 1864, 147. Coues, Ibis, 1865, 164 (Arizona) ; 1866, 265. Coues, Pr. 

 Phila. Acad. 1866, 78 (Arizona). Me Hw. Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1866, 87. Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. 

 Y. viii. 1866, 283. Allen, Am. Nat, i. 1867, 161. Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst.v. 1868, 278. Coop. 

 B. Cal. i. 1870, 75, fig. Mayn. Nat. Guide,' 1870, 98. Allen, Bull. MCZ. ii. 1871, 267; iii. 

 1872, 175 Allen, Am. Nat, vi. 1872, 396. Aiken, Pr. Boat. Soc. xv. 1872, 196. Mayn. 

 B. Fla. 1873, 42. Merr. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, for 1872, 1873, 673, 713. B. B. fy R. 

 NAB. 5. 1874, 161, figs. pi. 9. f. 6. Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. xviii. 1875, 439. Hensh. List B. 

 Ariz. 1875, 155. 



TellliatOdytes palustris, Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. xi. 1859, 107 (New Mexico). Ooueg, Pr, 



Bost. Soc. xii. 1868, 108. Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. xxiii. 1871, 19. Ooues, Key, 1872, 87. 



Ridff. Am. Nat. vii. 1873, 200. Ridg. Bull. Ess. Inst. v. 1873, 180 (Colorado). Coues, 



BNW. 1874, 34. 

 CiStOthoruS palustris var. paludicola, Bd. RAB. 1864, 149 (Western United States). B. 



B. tfR. NAB. i. 1874, 161. Hensh. Zool. Expl.W. 100 Merid. 1876, 185. 

 Telmatodytes palustris var. paludicola, Yarr. fy Hensh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 9. Hensh. 



ibid. 41, 74, 101. 

 Thryothorus arundineus, Vitill. "Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 1819, 58" (not ofOAS. ii. 



1807, pi. 108). 

 Troglodytes aruildlnaceUS, Gimb. Journ. Phila. Ac^d. i. 1817, 33 (California). Reinh. 



" Vidensk. Meddel. for 1853, 1854, 81 " (Greenland). Reinh. J. f. O. 1854, 438 (the same). 

 Thryotorus arundinaceus, Bp. OA. i. 1850, 220. 

 Telmatodytes arundinaceus, Cab. MH. i. 1850, 78 (type of genus). 

 Marsh Wren, Long-billed Marsh Wren, Salt-water Marsh Wren, Vulg. 



HAB. Temperate North America, and Mexico; south to Guatemala; 

 accidental in Greenland. Breeds throughout its North American range ; 

 winters on the southern border and southward. 



CH. SP. $ 9 Brunneus, pileo fuscescente; interscapulio nigro, 

 albo-striato; infra ex brunneo albidus. 



$ 9 : Above clear brown, unbarred, the middle of the back with a large 

 black patch sharply streaked with white. Crown of head usually darker 

 than the back, often quite blackish. A dull white superciliary line. Wings 

 fuscous, the inner secondaries blackish on the outer webs, often barred or 

 indented with light brown. Tail evenly barred with fuscous and the color 

 of the back. Under parts white, usually quite pure on the belly and middle 

 line of the breast and throat, but much shaded with brown on the sides, 

 flanks, and crissum. Bill blackish above, pale below ; feet brown. Length, 

 about 5 inches; extent, 6^ ; wing, lf-2; tail about the same; bill, or more; 

 tarsus, $ f . 



There is a good deal of difference in details of coloration in this species, 

 which I cannot, however, correlate satisfactorily with any special sex, age, 

 or season. Sometimes the whole crown of the head and the nape are quite 

 blackish, continuous with the dorsal patch. This is especially observed in 



