WARBLER. 201 



B. — Troglodytes arundinaceus, Vieill. Amer. ii. p. 55. pi. 108. 



This is compared to the Louisiane Wren, as being the same, but 

 seems to differ from it in manners. The nest said to be suspended 

 between the reeds, three or four feet above the water, in shape like 

 a melon, made of roots, the stalks of dry plants, and leaves of reeds, 

 lined with soft feathers within, the entrance about the middle : this 

 is made by the female, the male bringing her the materials, and 

 keeping close to her during the time of sitting. The eggs unknown. 



The American Marsh Wren is said to come into Pennsylvania 

 the middle of May ; and to make the nest of wet rushes, mixed with 

 mud, lined with soft grass, and feathers within, with a hole two- 

 thirds up for entrance : this is generally suspended between the reeds, 

 the eggs six in number, dark ferruginous, and very small ; has two 

 broods in a year, and departs the middle of August. M. Vieillot 

 also observes, that it erects the tail in a singular manner, like the 

 Common Wren. Probably the two last described may be only one 

 and the same species. 



268— PLATA WREN. 



Sylvia Platensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 548. 



Le Basacaraguay, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 150. 



Avis a Corarao, Gerin. Orn. iv. t. 400. 1. 



Roitelet de Buenos Ayres, Buf. v. 361. PI. ml. 730. 2. 



Bee-fin, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxviii. 



Plata Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 243. Id. Syn. iv. 507. 143. A. 



SIZE of the Common Wren ; length four inches and a half, 

 breadth six ; plumage in general varied with rufous, white, and 

 black ; head and neck behind streaked longitudinally ; beneath the 

 body white, inclined to ferruginous on the sides ; quills and tail 

 crossed with several darker bands, and the latter longer than in the 

 Wren. The bird figured by Gerini is rufous above, white beneath ; 

 wings and tail dusky black. 



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