1868 
Cistothorus palustris. 
MiddlGGe:: County, Mass. 
July 15.: 
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DiseoverGd :his spocios for the first timo to-day 
in tho T^rickyard Sv/amp. It has the sarno saucy air, 
irregular jerking, flight, and scolding chatter as G_. 
' SGGllaris but tho sonh is vo-’v different, being harsher 
and more guttural. I found several false nests, all 
‘ very conspicuous as the surro binding rushes vTere bent 
over and v/oven into tiieir tops. Tho males scolded vig¬ 
orously vdiGnever I approached one of those nests. 
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July 25.I 
; Visiting the colony in tho brickyard Sv^amp and dis¬ 
covering a nest containing five novz-ly-hatchod young and 
an addled egg. lifelike the false nests it v/as v/ell con¬ 
cealed being placed low down in tall, dense meadov/' grass. 
Sept.19.! 
Several young males trying to sing. 
" 26. ■ 
i Several. 
1869, 
Juno 5. 
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' Numbers. 
1870, 
May 24. 
Several. 
Oct. 21. 
Shot one the last. It lay closely and my dog pfein'y- 
ed it repeatedly and almost caught it before he could 
force it to fly. 
1874, 
Oct. 7. 
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Shot one in the full fall plumage in tho Fresh Pond 
ma,rshes. It v/as very tamo and its chatter resembled 
that of tho House Wren. 
1875, 
June 1. 
A small colony in the Fresh Pond marshes near the 
Block Island, in a bedof coarse flags bordering the 
‘ brook. The males uttered a harsh, guttural trill, 
rosombling the rattle of a chain pump but loss loud; 
they also uttered a scolding chattGr very like that of 
i tho House Wren and identical with that of the Shorl-billed 
i Marsh V/ren; their flight vras undulating, short and foe- 
; ble,. Tho males freqently mounted straight up into 
the air to tho height of fifteen foot or more, singing 
as they ascended, then dfopping into tho grass v/ith 
closed v/ings. Pound nno nest-hgilding. 
