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Bill rather long, slightly arched ; wings shorty with the fourth quill 
longest. Upper parts dark brown^ the sides of the head deeper, the 
fore part of the back brownish- black, longitudinally and conspicuously 
streaked with white, the quills externally margined with lighter brown, 
the tail barred with dark brown ; a white line over the eye, extending 
down the neck ; the sides of the latter mottled with light brown and 
grey ; the lower parts of a silvery greyish- white ; abdominal feathers 
and lower tail-coverts tipped with brown. Female differs only in 
having the black of the back of a less deep tint, the white lines less 
conspicuous, and the lower parts of a duller white. 
Male^ 5, 6^. 
Breeds from Texas to Massachusetts, along all the shores of the At- 
lantic. Resident in Louisiana. Occurs accidentally far in the interior. 
Marsh-Wren, Troglodytes palusti’is, Wins. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 58. 
Troglodytes palnstris, Bonap. Syn. p. 93. 
Marsh-Wren, Troglodytes palnstris, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 439. 
Troglodytes palnstris, Marsh Wren, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 319. 
Marsh-Wren, Troglodytes palnstris, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 500 ; v. v. p. 467. 
124. 9. Troglodytes brevirostris, Nutt. Short-billed Marsh- 
^Wren. 
Plate CL XXV. Male and Female. 
Bill comparatively very short, nearly straight ; wings short, very 
convex, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills almost equal. Upper 
parts blackish-brown, each feather with a brownish- white line along 
the shaft, and the outer edge toward the end reddish-brown ; quills 
dusky, the outer webs barred with pale yellowish-brown ; upper tail- 
coverts and tail similarly barred ; a pale yellowish streak over the 
eye ; throat and central part of the breast greyish- white, the rest of 
the lower parts pale reddish-brown, the sides under the wings faintly 
barred with dusky. 
Mahi 4|, 6|. 
Resident during winter from Texas to South Carolina. In spring 
proceeds as far eastward as Massachusetts, breeding in all the fresh- 
water marshes. 
Short-billed Marsh-Wren, Troglodytes brevirostris, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 436. 
Nuttall’s Short-billed Marsh-Wren, Troglodytes brevirostris, Aud. Om. Biog. v. ii. 
p. 427 5 V. V. p. 469. 
FAMILY X. PARING. TITS. 
Bill very short or of moderate length, straight, strong, 
compressed, rather sharp ; both mandibles with the dorsal 
line sloping and slightly convex, the sides convex, the edges 
