188 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



served some at close range which appeared to be very rufescent. 

 :, I have been of the opinion for many years that a new form 

 ;,of wren occurred on the coast of South Carolina, and in my reg- 

 ister under date of October 1, 1898, in reference to a specimen 

 shot near Mt. Pleasant, the following entry was made: "Marsh 

 Wren, female, very bright and curious." Other entries in my 

 register are as follows: September 18, 1899, Long-billed Marsh 

 Wren, female, rufescent; September 20, 1899, two females, ru- 

 fescent; September 21, 1899, one male and two females, rufescent; 

 October 22, 1899, female, rufescent. Mr. Brewster has kindly 

 sent me some wrens which I collected in this state years ago, and 

 among the series I have found a specimen taken December 9, 

 1886, at Charleston, and another taken at Hardeeville on May 13, 

 1891, both referable to iliacus. 



This race is unquestionably a good subspecies for it does not 

 require a microscope to reveal the distinguishing characters! 

 According to Mr. Ridgway, 1 the breeding range is the Great 

 Plains and the prairie districts of central United States and south 

 central British Provinces, north to Alberta, and probably to 

 Manitoba. As I have already stated in this work that some 

 birds which breed in the Great Plains and Mackenzie River re- 

 gion migrate in a south-eastwardly direction to the coast of 

 South Carolina, this western form is but another addition to the 

 list. 



292. Telmatodytes palustris marianse (Scott). Marian's 

 Marsh Wren. 



Marian's Marsh Wren was originally described from specimens 

 taken on the west coast of Florida (Tarpon Springs) by Mr. W. 

 E. D. Scott, who believed that it was resident; this, however, is 

 not the case for it breeds, as far as is known, only on the North 

 Carolina coast. Although this race was reported from North 

 Carolina by Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson 2 under the name Cistothorus 

 ■palustris griseus, the birds were really examples of T. p. mariance 

 as I have pointed out. 3 



On April 16, 1897, 1 secured an adult female near Mount Pleas- 

 ant which was the first record for the Atlantic coast. This spec- 

 imen, as well as many others taken in 1898 and 1899, I recorded 

 in the Auk. 4 I obtained on October 1, 1898, an adult pair, 



i Birds of North and Middle America, III, 493. *Auk, XVI, 1899, 250. 



• Ibid, XVI, 1899, 362. « XVI, 1899, 361. 



