PASSERES CERTHIID^. 801 



Its Ohio migrations cannot be accurately given because 

 we have no data. It is likely that the birds reach Ohio 

 during the first ten days of May, and depart southward 

 again during the middle of September. 



283. (725.) Telmatodytes palustris (Wils.). 25. 



Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



Synonyms: Cistothorus palustris. Troglodytes palustris, Mot- 

 acilla palustris, Certhia palustris. 

 Salt-water Marsh Wren, Marsh Wren. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163. 



This Marsh Wren is abundant about most of our large 

 marshes. Regions without marshes or marshy conditions 

 will not be visited by this species. I found them literally 

 swarming at Licking and Lewiston reservoirs, Sandusky 

 Bay marshes and Chippewa Lake. A few pairs remain in 

 the rapidly narrowing marshes at Lorain and Oak Point. 



These birds are true swamp birds, lashing their nests to 

 reeds and cat-tails which stand in the water. In my mind 

 they are associated with Coot, Florida Gallinule, and Black 

 Tern. 



The food is largely insects, and probably also some other 

 small animals inhabiting such regions. 



This wren reaches Lorain county during the first five 

 days of May, and is gone by the middle of September. 



Family Certhiid^. Creepers. 



284. (726.) Certhia familiaris Americana (Bonap.). 



20. 

 Brown Creeper. 



Synonyms: Certhia familiaris, C. f. rufa, C. americana. 



American Creeper, Little Brown Creeper. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 164. 



The Brown Creeper is sometimes common during the mi- 

 grations, but is less common as a winter resident over the 

 entire state. His small size and weak voice and resem- 

 blance to the bark of trees serve to hide him from all but 



