122 CREEPERS 



LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN 

 Telmatodviss pulustris ppbairis, Can 8, Fig. 79 



Darker and larger than the Short-billed Marsh Wren, with a 

 blackish brown crown and white stripe over the eye. L. 5 J. 



Range. Nests from Virginia to Canada; winters from southern 

 New Jersey to South Carolina. Worthington's Marsh Wren 

 (T. p. griseus) is the form of the Atlantic coast from South Caro- 

 lina to Florida. Marian's Marsh Wren (T. p. marianas) is 

 found on the more southern Atlantic coast and on the Gulf coast 

 of Florida; while the Prairie Marsh Wren (T. p. iliacus) nests 

 in the Mississippi Valley east to Indiana north to Canada, and 

 winters along the Gulf coast. Where two races may be expected 

 to occur together (for example, in the South, during the winter) 

 field identification of the various races may be left to experts 

 and the average observer must be content with plain "Marsh 

 Wren." 



Washington, very numerous S. R., Apl. 15-Nov. 1. Ossining, 

 commonS. R., May 10-Oct. 28. Cambridge, locally abundant 

 S. R., May 15-Oct. 1; sometimes a few winter. N. Ohio, com- 

 mon S. R., Apl. 21-Sept. 20. Glen Ellyn, fairly common S. R., 

 May 10-Oct. 10. SE. Minn., common S. R., May 5-Sept. 9. 



As well look for pond lilies on a rocky hillside as a 

 Marsh Wren outside a marsh. Give him cat-tails for cover 

 and to support his bulky nest and he is at home. His 

 scolding notes betray his ancestry and his reeling, rippling 

 song, delivered both from a perch and on fluttering wings 

 above the reeds, suggests in form, at least, that of the 

 House Wren. The 5-9 eggs, laid in early June are uni- 

 form chocolate or thickly marked with brown. 



CREEPERS. FAMILY CERTHIID^ 

 BROWN CREEPER 



Certhia familiaris americana. Case 2, Fig. 59 



Tail-feathers with stiffened points, bill slender and slightly 

 curved. L. si- 

 Range. Nests from northern New England and south along^the 

 Alleghanies to North Carolina; winters south to Florida. 



Washington, common W. V., Sept. 22-May 1. Ossining, toler- 

 ably common W. V., Sept. 20-May 7. Cambridge, common T. V., 



