OF ILLINOIS BIRDS 



f:j:_-*Bewick's Wren. S.R., N.C. 



S. 



Rare S. R. in N. 111. Com- 

 mon in S. 111., to some 

 extent being replaced there 

 by the following. 



t**House Wren. S.R., N.C.S. 

 Common. Increasing, ap- 

 parently in N. 111. as well 

 as in the southern parts of 

 state. 

 *Western House Wren. 



Apparently more common 

 than the preceding, but 

 breeding status not fully 

 determined. 



Winter Wren. T.V. 



Fairly common spring and 

 fall in N. 111. Hess also 

 reports it common in win- 

 ter in his section, while 

 Ridgway regards it rare 

 in his locality, and found 

 in winter only. Evidently 

 of more or less local and 

 unequal distribution, while 

 within our limits, taking 

 state as a whole. 



Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 S.R., N.C.S. 

 Common locally. 



t "Long-billed Marsh Wren. 

 S.R., N.C.S. 



Common in suitable locali- 

 ties. 



Prairie Marsh Wren. S.R., 



N. 



But breeding status not 

 fully determined. 



CREEPERS. 



Brown Creeper, T.V. 



Chiefly, and a possible 

 breeder N. C. S. Common 

 during migrations. W. R. 

 in S. 111., and winters 

 casually in N. 111. 



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