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725d. Prairie Marsh Wren. 



Telmatodytes palustris iliacus Ridgway. 1903. 

 Great Plains and prairie districts north to South Edmonton, Alta., 

 and probably east to Manitoba. (Ridgway.) A common resident of 

 marshes in eastern Manitoba. Mr. Hunter has noticed it from 

 Selkirk to Souris, particularly at Shoal lake, north of Winnipeg, 

 where they appear to be very common. I have never seen it at 

 Carberry nor on the upper Assiniboine. (E. T. Seton.) A tolerably 

 common summer resident at Aweme, Manitoba. (Criddle.) Abun- 

 dant and breeding in all marshes of any size in Manitoba and west 

 to Little Manitou lake in 1906. (Atkinson.) Three specimens of 

 this species were secured at Chemawawin near the Grand Forks 

 of the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) Apparently a rare spring migrant 

 at Indian Head, Sask. Only one individual seen June 5th, 

 1892. Observed a number of individuals in a reedy pond at 

 Edmonton, Alta., May loth, 1897, I think that they arrived much 

 earlier; common in tall rushes around all the ponds and lakes. 

 May 13th, on May 27th examined about 30 nests and obtained only 

 one egg, on June loth found three nests, one with young and 

 two with eggs nearly fresh, nests fastened to the rushes (Scirpus 

 lacustris) , out in the water and made of grass ; f ound'a pair breeding at 

 Peace River Landing, lat. 56° 15', July ist, 1903. (Spreadborough.) 



Mr. Drummond killed specimens of this wren on the eastern 

 declivity of the Rocky mountains on the 55th parallel. (Richard- 

 son.) This species was not observed till we reached the Rocky moun- 

 tains when a few were seen on marshy ground near Chief Moun- 

 tain (Waterton) lake. (Coues.) I place this record here where 

 it evidently belongs. 



The specimens, of this variety in our museum are from Edmonton 

 and|Peace River Landing. There may be some doubt about the 

 Manitoba and Rocky mountain references above but without seeing 

 the specimens this seems to be the proper place to put them. 



Family LIII. CERTHIID-2E. Creepers. 

 CCLXXIV. CERTHIA Linn^us. 1758. 

 726.|Brown Creeper. 



Certhia familiaris americana (BoNAP.) Ridgw. 1874. 

 Apparently a summer migrant in Newfoundland; but may not 

 migrate. (Reeks.) A rather common resident at HaUfax, N.S. 



