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Its Ohio migrations cannot be accurately given because 
we have no data. It is likely that the birds reach Ohio 
during the first ten days of May, and depart southward 
again during the middle of September. 
283. (725.) TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS (Wils.). 25. 
Long-billed Marsh Wren. 
Synonyms: Cistothorus palustris, Troglodytes palustris, Mot- 
acilla palustris, Certhia palustris. 
Salt-water Marsh Wren, Marsh Wren. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163. 
This Marsh Wren is abundant about most of our large 
marshes. Regions without marshes or marshy conditions 
will not be visited by this species. I found them literally 
swarming at Licking and Lewiston reservoirs, Sandusky 
Bay marshes and Chippewa Lake. A few pairs remain in 
the rapidly narrowing marshes at Lorain and Oak Point. 
These birds are true swamp birds, lashing their nests to 
reeds and cat-tails which stand in the water. In my mind 
they are associated with Coot, Florida Gallinule, and Black 
Tern. 
The food is largely insects, and probably also some other 
small animals inhabiting such regions. 
This wren reaches Lorain county during the first five 
days of May, and is gone by the middle of September. 
Family CerTHip#®. Creepers. 
284. (726.) CERTHIA FAMILIARIS AMERICANA (Bonap.). 
20. 
Brown Creeper. 
Synonyms: Certhia familiaris, C. f. rufa, C. americana. 
American Creeper, Little Brown Creeper. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 164. 
The Brown Creeper is sometimes common during the mi- 
grations, but is less common as a winter resident over the 
entire state. His small size and weak voice and resem- 
blance to the bark of trees serve to hide him from all -but 
