122 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



Subgenus " Anorthura." Rennie. 



232. Winter Wren. T. hiemalis. (Vieill.) 



" Transient Visitant," common. Observed here 

 in the spring from April 19 to 27, and in the 

 autumn from September 20 to October 17. 



Genus Cistothorus. Cabanis. 

 Subgenus "Telmatodytes." Cabanis. 



233. Long-billed Marsh Wren. C. palustris. (Wils.) 

 " Summer Resident," scarce. The late Mr. Caul- 

 field observed this species May 24 in some reeds 

 around a pond at Cote St. Paul, and Mr. "W. W. 

 Dunlop has seen them on Nun's Island, above the 

 Victoria bridge. I found a pair nesting in the 

 bulrushes and rank herbage at the mouth of the 

 creek at Laprairie. I first observed this pair June 

 20, 1891, and found a nest in a patch of bulrushes, 

 quite exposed from the water side. It was built of 

 wet reeds, without any lining, and I noticed one of 

 the wrens had something in its bill, and I heard 

 them singing and scolding when approached. I 

 again visited the place July 1 and found the pair of 

 wrens still there. I also found a half-dozen of 

 their nests in the rank grass, near the first one, and 

 all of them within a few yards of one another, but 

 only one of them was lined with soft grass. None 

 of the nests contained any eggs, and as this wren 



