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 state. On June 8, 1904, Mr. Richard F. Miller took a set 

 of four eggs near Richmond, Philadephia County. It probably 

 will eventually "be found nesting in some of the northern 

 counties. On May 30, 1909, Mr Foster White and the author 

 saw several Marsh Wrens which we took to he this species in 

 a low, swampy meadow near State College, Center County, hut 

 later search failed to reveal them. It may possibly breed 

 in Erie County. 



725. Telmatodytes palustris palustris ( Wils . ) . Long-billed 

 Marsh Wren. 



The Marsh Wren is an abundant breeding bird in 

 the swamps along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, ap- 

 parently not breeding in numbers above the tide water. 

 Along the shore of Lake Erie, in Erie County, Mr. Simpson 

 has also found them breeding frequently. In June, 1886, Mr, 

 Thomas H. Jackson found a pair of these birds nesting in a 

 swamp near West Chester, Chester County, but only rarely do 

 they nest above the tide water. 



726. Certhia familiaris americana ( Bonap . ) . Brown Creeper. 



The Brown Creeper nests regularly but rather rarely 

 on the higher portions of the Alleghanies where the hemlock 

 remains uncut. In spite of diligent search it has not yet 



