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ZOOLOGY— BIEDS. 



Telmatodytes pahistris var. paludicola, Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1S73, Wheeler's 



Expert., 1S74. 74, 101. 

 Troglodytes pahistris, Newp.., P. It. R. Rep., xi, 1857, 80.— Heerm., P. R. R. Rep., x, 



pt. iv, 1859, 41. 

 Gistothorus palustris, Xantus, rroe. Aeart. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1850, 101 (Fort Tejon, 



Oal.).— Coop. & Suckx., P. R. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 100.— Hayd., Trans. 



Am. Phil. Soc., xii, 1862, 163.— Coues, Proc. Acart. Nat. Sei. Phila,, 1866, 



78 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.). — Cooper, Birds Cal., 1S70, 75. — Allen, Bull. 



Mas. Comp. Zool., 1872, 175 (Ogrten, Utah).— Snow, Birds Kan., 1S72, 0.— 



Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soe. Nat. Hist., xv, 1872, 100.— Merriam, U. S. Geol. 



Surv. Terr., 1872, 073. 

 Cistothorus {Telmatodytes) palustris, Bd., Birrts N. A., 1858,304. 

 Telmatodytes palustris, Coues, Birrts Northwest, 1874, 34. — Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila., 1850, 107 (New Mexico). 



In the extensive marshes which border Utah Lake, and which are cov- 

 ered with a dense growth of coarse grasses and reeds, these wrens were 

 exceedingly numerous ; and, in breaking a path through the reeds, which 

 i rt't en are so dense as to render progress well nigh impossible, hundreds of 

 these little birds were startled up from their retreats, while their harsh notes 

 were heard on all sides in angry expostulation. Almost as numerous as the 

 birds themselves were their nests, which were seen on all sides, suspended 

 on the tall, waving stems. In Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, each 

 and every marshy spot suited to its habits is sure to have at least a pair of 

 these birds. They are quite irregular in their time of nesting, but near the 

 middle of June appears to be the usual time ; and I found them in Southern 

 Colorado at this date just depositing their first eggs. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



S3 



84 



208 

 209 

 306 

 167 

 178 

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9 ad. 



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$ 



2 



9 

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 $ ad. 





July 25, 1872 



July 30, 1S72 

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 H. W. Henshaw. 

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Rush Lake, Utah 



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Toqucrville, Utah 



Alkali Lake,, Colo .... 



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Oct. 15, 1S72 

 May 28, 1873 

 May 20, 1873 

 June 4, 1S73 

 Sept. 13, 1874 



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1.04 



2. OO 



i-95 

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0. 50 



0.51 

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0.66 

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0. 01, 

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C. E. Aiken 



Lake Piedra, \. Mrs 





