PERCHING BIRDS 
725. Long-billed Marsh Wren. Telma- 
todytes palustris palustris. 
Range. — United States east of the Rockies, 
breeding from the Gulf north to Manitoba and 
New England; winters in southern United 
States. 
These birds are very abundant in suitable 
localities throughout their range, breeding in 
colonies in large marshes and in smaller num 
bers in small marshy places. 
Their nests are similar to those 
of the last, being globular and 
attached to cat-tails or reeds; 
the entrance is a small round 
hole in the side of the rush 
woven structures and the inter- 
ior is neatly finished with fine grass and hair. 
They lay from five to eight eggs of a pale choc- 
olate color, dotted and spotted with darker 
shades of the same; size .64 x .45. Data. — - 
Delray, Mich., May 27, 1900. Six eggs. Nest 
a ball of woven flags and grasses, lined with 
cat-tail down, and attached to rushes in salt 
Collector, Geo. W. Morse. 
Pale brown 
Short-billed Marsh Wren 
Long-billed Marsh Wren 
marsh over two feet of water. 
725a. Tule Wren. Telmotodytes palustris paludicola. 
Range. — Western United States on the Pacific coast; north to British 
Columbia. 
The nesting habits and eggs of these birds are in all respects like those of 
the last. 
725b. Worthington’s Marsh Wren. Telmatodytes palustris griseus. 
' Range. — Coast of South Carolina and Georgia. 
The habits and eggs of this paler form are identical with those of palustris. 
725c. Western Marsh Wren. Telmatodytes palustris plesius. 
Range. — United States west of the Rockies, except the Pacific coast; north to 
British Columbia. This variety is like the Tule Wren but slightly paler; its 
nesting habits and eggs are the same. 
725.1. Marian’s Marsh Wren. Telmatodytes palustris mariance. 
Range.- — -West coast of Florida. 
This species is similar to the Long-billed variety but is darker and more bar- 
red above and below. Its nests and eggs will not be found to differ materially 
from those of the others of this genus. 
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