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725. *Telmatodytes palustris iliacus Ridgway — Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



A very common migrant and a common summer resident, arriving 

 in the middle of April, breeding in the latter part of June and early 

 in July and departing in September. Abundant breeder in the sand- 

 hill lake region of Cherry county, common everywhere in marshes 

 in the state. Omaha, Tekamah, West Point, Lincoln, Beatrice, York, 

 Neligh. 



EXTKALIMITAL: 725c. Telmatodytea p. plesius Oberholser, the 

 Interior Tule Wren, is the form breeding in Colorado and Wyoming 

 and has been taken to within a few miles of the state line, so may be 

 found in western Nebraska during migrations. • 



Family CERTHIID.dE— Creepers 



1. Browner above, with tawny of rump less distinctly contrasted with 

 color of back; smaller, with a shorter bill (wing 2| to 2/ , tail 2J 

 to 2i 9 inches) Brown Creeper. 



1. Grayer above, with tawny of rump more distinctly contrasted with 

 color of back; larger, with a longer bill (wing 2\ to 2/ , tail 2f s 

 to 2}, bill / to | inches Rocky Mountain Creeper. 



726. *Certhia familiaris americana (Bonaparte) — Brown Creeper. 



Eastern Nebraska, resident; common all winter in more southern 

 parts, less so northward, rare between middle April and early October 

 when most of them go north to breed. • Aughey "found a nest of this 

 bird in a knot-hole in the timber near Dakota City, in June, 1865," 

 and Trostler has evidence of its breeding near Omaha, rarely. Rulo, 

 Dunbar, Omaha, West Point, Ponca, Neligh, Lincoln, Beatrice. The 

 westernmost record is from St. Michael just east of the 99th meridian. 



726a. Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway — Rocky Mountain Creeper. 



Sioux county in winter. The specimen taken there Feb. 17, 1896, 

 and on which the only existing record was based, has been examined 

 by Oberholser who confirms the identification. It is rare in Sioux 

 county and ascends to higher altitudes in spring, probably early in 

 April. 



Family SITTID^— Nuthatches 



1. Larger, wing about 3J inches; below white, rusty on flanks and 



under tail-coverts only (2) 



1. Smaller, wing about 2J inches; whole under parts tinged with brown- 

 ish, often bright rusty (3) 



2. Above lighter, more plumbeous, tertials light bluish gray 

 with large, sharply defined, oblong patches of black, the 

 one on outer web of third feather rounded at end; sides of 

 neck grayish white; smaller wing about 3? inches, bill 



shorter, stouter White-bellied Nuthatch. 



2. Above darker, more slaty; tertials dark bluish gray with 

 narrower, less sharply defined black patches, the one on 



