232 BIEDS — TROGLOD-STID^. 



Sylvia troglodytes, Wilson, Am. Orn., i, 1803, 139. 



Troglodytes hyemahs, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, xxxiv, 1819, 514. 



Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemaUs, Codes, Kfiy, 187:;2, S.'jl. 



Troglodytes parviilus var. hyemalis, Ridgway, Bull. Es3. last., v. 1873, 180. 



Deep brown above, darkest on the bead, brightest on the rump and tail, obscurely Tvaved 

 with dusky and Homer,imes with whitish also; tail like rump; wings dasky, edged with 

 color of back, and dark barred : several outer primaries also whitish barred ; a super- 

 ciliary line, and obscure streaks on sides of head and neck whitish. Below pale brown, 

 belly, fliukb and under tail coverts strongly barred with dusky. Length about 4 ; wing 

 2 or less, tail li or less. 



Habitat, United States. 



Common winter resident. The little Winter Wren is given in Dr. 

 Kirtland's list without comment. ' Mr. Read gives it as " mainly a winter 

 resident, few spend the summer." I am of the opinion that it breeds in 

 NorthernOhio,having taken a 5'oung individual in this vicinity, Septem- 

 ber 9th, 1874, in a plumage which indicated that it had left the nest only 

 shortly before. In the vicinity of Columbus they are ipuch more com- 

 mon during their migrations in March and April, October and November, 

 than in the middle of winter. They frequent woodland thickets and 

 spend much of their time on the ground and, about the exposed roots of 

 trees. .While thus employed either in search of food or seeking conceal- 

 ment, their actions resemble those of a mouse rather than a bird.. The 

 only note I iiave heard is a low wren-like chirr, but at their breeding 

 places the}' are said to have a remarkably sweet and prolonged song. 



Mr. R. Deane describes (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 37) the nest 

 from Maine, found under the upturned root of a cedar, in the dark. It 

 was "composed mainly of very compact green moss, with a few hemlock 

 twigs interwoven, and lined profusely with feathers of the Canada Jay, 

 Blue Jaj% and other species, which arch over the eggs so as to almost con- 

 ceal them. The average measurement of these eggs is .65 by .49 of an 

 incci. The ground color is pure white, and with fine spots of reddish- 

 brown and a few blotches of a darker shade." 



Genus TELMATODYES. Cabanis. 

 Bill nearly as long as head. Hiud claw longer than the rest of toe. Wings longer 

 than the short, much graduated tail. Feet large ; toes reaching to end of tail. 



Telmatodytes palustris (Bart.) Henry. 



Long-blllecl jyCarsli "Wren. 



Troglodytes palustris, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog Sarv., 1838, IBS. — Read, Proc. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., vi, 1853, 395. 



Cistoihorus palustris, Whbaton, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 565 ; Reprint, 7. — Lang- 

 don, Revised List, Journ. Gin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 170 ; Reprint, 4. 



