Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. 
725, Long-billed Marsh Wren (Telmatodytes palus- 
tris), L. 5.2; T. 1.6;B..5. Ads. Crown and fore- 
back largely black, the latter with white streaks; a 
white stripe over eye; rump cinnamon; below white, 
sides washed with cinnamon; outer tail-feathers black, 
broadly barred with pale Cinnamon. Notes. Call. 
scolding, a characteristic Wren-like cacking; song, a 
reedy, guttural, bubbling trill often sung in flight. 
Range.—Eastern North America west to the Rocky Mountains; 
breeds from the Gulf States north to Massachusetts and Manitoba; 
winters locally from Massachusetts, south into Mexico. 
725a. Tule Wren (7. p. paludicola). Similar to 
No. 725, but upper tail-coverts barred, middle tail- 
feathers more distinctly and broadly barred; underparts 
usually browner. 
Range. —Pacific coast; breeds from southern California to British 
Columbia: winters from Washington to Guatemala. 
725b. Worthington Marsh Wren (7. p. griseus). 
Similar to No. 725, but with less black above; upperparts, 
sides and flanks pale grayish; dark markings of under 
tail-coverts, flanks, sides and breast, faint, confused 
and inconspicuous, sometimes practically wanting. 
(Brewster. ) 
Range.—Coast of South Carolina and Georgia. 
725c. Interior Tule Wren (7. p. SCTE Similar 
to No. 725a, but paler. 
Range.—‘‘ Western United States, except the Pacific coast; north to 
British Columbia and Alberta, east to the Rocky Mountains and Tex- 
as, south into Mexico.’’ _(Oberholser.) 
725.1. Marian Marsh Wren (Telmatodytes marian). 
Similar to No. 725, but upperparts darker; sides and 
flanks of about same color as rump; under_tail-coverts 
and sometimes breast barred or spotted with black. 
Range.—Gulf coast of Florida. 
726. Brown Creeper (Certhia familiaris americana). 
L. 5.6; B. .63. Tail-feathers stiffened and pointed. 
Ads. Rump rusty; a buffy white band in the wing; 
back and crown streaked with whitish, black and 
rusty; below white. Notes. Call, a faint, high, thin 
tseep; song, * ‘an exquisitely pure, tender song of four 
notes.”’ (Brewster. ) 
Range.—Eastern North America; breeds from Maine and Minnesota 
(casually Missouri) northward; winters from about the southern 
breeding limits to the Gulf States. 
726a. Mexican Creeper (C. f. albescens). Similar 
to No. 726, but rump rich rusty brown, back black, 
crown black streaked with white, band in wing white. 
Range.— Mexican plateau region north to southern Arizona. 
726b. Rocky Mountain Creeper (C. f montana). 
Similar to No. 726, but bill longer, .7; band in wing 
averaging whiter. 
Range.—Rocky Mountains from New Mexico and Arizona north- 
ward to Alaska. a 
726c. Californian Creeper (C. f. occidentalis). 
Similar to No. 726, but much rustier; prevailing color 
of upperparts yellowish rusty. 
Range.—Pacific coast; breeds from Santa Cruz Mountains, Cal- 
ifornia, northward to Alaska. 
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