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House Wren. Troglodytes aedon parhnani. 



The common house wren of the Northern States occurs m Arkansas 

 only as a migrant. It has been observed infrequently at Helena 

 between April 17 and 29, and at Clinton between April 29 and May 7 

 and in early November. I saw one individual at Lake City April 29 

 and one at Turrell May 7. Savage noted a migrating bird at Delight 

 October 2. There is but one winter record from the State, that of 

 H. S. Reynolds, who observed the species at Judsonia.^ Probably 

 the eastern form (aedon) of this species alco occurs in the State, but 

 no specimens are available. 



Winter Wren. Nanrvas hiemalis. 



This tiny short-tailed wren is a northern-breeding species and occurs 

 only during migrations and in winter. It is a shy bird, spending its 

 time during its winter sojourn mainly in and about brush piles and 

 hollow logs in the woods. McAtee saw several at Turrell and Menasha 

 in November and Hanna took five specimens at Van Buren in Decem- 

 ber. It has been observed also at Clinton in April, at Helena in 

 May, and at Delight on October 29. Its stay in the State ordinarily 

 extends from October to the middle of April. 



Short-biUed Marsh. Wren. Cistothonis stellaris. 



This species breeds in the Mississippi Valley from Missouri north- 

 ward and winters mainly in the Southern States. It occurs as a 

 migrant and possibly as a winter resident. There is but one record 

 of its occurrence in the State — that of a bird which I observed May 17 

 in a broom sedge field near McGehee. This is an unusually late date, 

 for the spring migration of this wren takes place usually in April or 

 early May. 



Prairie Marsh. Wren. Telmatodytes paliistris iliaeus. 



This is the Mississippi Valley form of the common long-billed 

 marsh wren. It is a dweller in wet marshes along the borders of 

 rivers and lakes, where its globular nests are fastened to the upright 

 stalks of cattail flags over the water. In migration it is sometimes 

 found in strange situations, as in the case of one which I caught in 

 the railroad station at Blytheville about lip. m.. May 5, or of another 

 vsrhich I saw in a dry broom sedge field at McGehee, May 17. A 

 single bird shot at Mena May 24 was probably a belated migrant. 

 The species breeds locally in the State, having been observed in 

 summer on the St. Francis River at Lake City and Bertig. 



1 Am. Nat., XI, p. 307, 1877. 



