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about the latitude of Ohio northward and occasionally much farther 

 south (Georgia, one record). 



Adult: Upper parts, black and tawny brown, streaked with white; 

 crown, streaked; under parts, whitish on throat and belly, washed 



with tawny brown on breast, sides, and 

 under tail coverts; rump and upper tail 

 coverts barred with black; primaries, dark 

 slaty brown, the outer webs irregularly 

 marked with pale brown ; tail, plain brown, 

 banded with black. Sexes similar. 



Length, 4.20; wing, 1.80; tail, 1.50; 

 bill, .36. 



A common summer resident in suitable 

 localities in Illinois and Wisconsin. The majority arrive early in 

 May and leave for the south in October. Breeds during the latter 

 part of May and June. 



The nest is globe shaped, composed of woven grasses, with the 

 entrance on the side, usually attached to reeds in a marsh, but occa- 

 sionally in a tussock of grass on or near the ground. The eggs are 

 6 to 8, pure white, usually unmarked, but occasionally with a few 

 small lilac spots, and measure about .66 x .47 inches. 



Genus TELMATODYTES Cabanis. 



347. Telmatodytes palustris (WiLS.). 



Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



Cistothorus palustris (Wils.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 302. 



Distr.: Northeastern United States, north to New Brunswick, 

 south to South Carolina and casually to western Florida, west to 

 Indiana and Illinois; breeds from about the latitude of Virginia 

 northward. 



Adult: Crown, blackish on the sides, usually tinged with brownish 

 in the centre, no streaks on crown; back (interscapular region), 

 black, streaked with white; rump and upper tail coverts, plain cin- 

 namon brown (without black bars) ; under parts, white or whitish 

 on throat, middle breast and belly; sides tinged with pale cinna- 

 mon brown, darkest on the flanks; tail barred with black and tawny 

 brown ; edges of outer webs of wing feathers marked with pale tawny 

 brown, giving a barred appearance to the closed wing. Sexes 

 similar. 



Length, 5.15; wing, 1.90; tail, 1.80; bill, .50. 



