Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



725. Long-billed Marsh Wren {Telmatodytes pulus- 

 tns). L. 5.2;T. 1.6; B. .5. Ads. Crowti and fore- 

 back largely black, the latter with white streaks; a 

 white stripe over e^e; rump cinnamon; below white, 

 sides washed with cinnamon; outer tail-feathers black, 

 broadly barred with pale cinnamon. Notes. Call, 

 scolding, a characteristic Wren-like cocking; song, a 

 reedy, guttural, bubbling trill often sung in flight. 



Range. — Eastern North America west to the Rocky Mountains; 

 breeds from the Gulf States tiorth to Massacliiisetts and Manitoba; 

 winters locally from Massachusetts, south Into Mexico. 



725a. Tule Wren {T. p. paludicola). Similar to 

 No. 775, but iipppr tail-cnvprts barred, middle tail- 

 feathers more distinctly and broadly barred; underparts 

 usually browner. 



Range. —Pacificcoast; breeds trom southern California to British 

 Coluirtiia; wintets from Washington to Guatemala. 



725b. Worthington Marsh Wren {/'. p, gnsms). 

 Similar to No. 725, butwith 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 Caro][na"and Georgia. 

 725c. Interior Tule Wren {T.p. phsius). Similar 

 to No, 725a, but paler. 



Ranee— "Westeni 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 {Tetmatodytssmariance.). 

 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, 



fenge.— Gulf coast of Florida. 



726. Brown Creeper {Cerihia familiaris americana) . 



L. 5.6; B. .63. Tail-feathers stiffened and pointed. 

 Ads. Rump rusty; a biiffy white band in the wing; 

 back and crown streaked with whitish, black and 

 rusty; below white. Notes. Call, a faint, high, thin 



^«^^; 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 

 braedlng limits to the Gulf States. 



726a. Mexican Creeper (C. /. albescens). Similar 

 to No. 726, but rump rich rusty brown, hack hlack, 

 crown black streaked with white, band in wing white. 



Range.— Mexican plateau fegion nofth to souihtfn Arizona. 

 726b. Rocky Mountain Creeper {C. /. montana). 

 Similar to No. 726, but bill longer, ,7; band in wing 

 averaging whiter. 



RaiiEe.— Rocky Mountains from New Mexico and Arizona north- 

 ward to Alaska. 



726c. Californian Creeper (C. /. acddentalis). 

 Similar to No. 726, but much rustier; prevailing color 

 bi upperparts yellowish rusty. 



Range.— Pacific coast; breeds from Santa Cruz Mountains. Cal- 

 ifornia, northward to Alaska. 



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