Dip BIRDS—TROGLODYTIDZ. 
Sylvia troglodytes, WILSON, Am. Orn., 1, 1808, 139. 
Troglodytes hyemalis, VixrLior, Nouv. Dict. xxxtiv, 1819, 514. 
Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemalis, Couns, Key, 1872 , sol, 
Troglodytes parvulus var. hyemalis, Rtip@way, Bull. Bes Tost., v. 1873, 180. 
Deep brown above, darkest on the head, brightest on the rump and tail, obscurely waved 
with dusky aud sometimes with whitish also; ; tail like ramp; wings dusky, edged with 
color of back, and dark barred : several outer primaries also whitish barred; a super- 
ciliary line, and obscure streaks on sides of head and neck whitish. Below pale brown, 
belly, flanks and under tail coverts strongly barred withdusky. Lengthabout 4; wing 
2 or Jess, tail 14 or less. 
Habitat, United States. 
Common winter resident. The little Winter Wren is given in Dr. 
Kirtland’s list without comment. Mr. Read gives it as “ mainly a winter 
resident, few spend the summer.” I am of the opinion that it breeds i in 
Northern Ohio, having taken a young individual in this vicinity, Septem- 
ber 9th, 1874, in a plumage which indicated that it had left the nest only 
shortly before. In the vicinity of Columbus they are much more com- 
mon during their migrations in March and April, October and November, 
than in the middle of winter. They frequent woodland thickets and 
spend much of their time on the ground and about the exposed roots of 
trees. While thus employed either in search of food or seeking conceal- 
ment, their actions resemble those of a mouse rather than a bird. The 
only note I have heard is a low wren-like chirr, but at their breeding 
places they are said to have a remarkably sweet and prolonged song. 
Mr. R. Deane describes (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 37) the nest 
from Maine, found under the upturned root of a cedar, in the dark. It 
was “ composed mainly of very compact green moss, with a few hemlock 
twigs interwoven, and lined profusely with feathers of the Canada Jay, 
Blue Jay, and other species, which arch over the eggs so as to almost con- 
cealthem. The average measurement of these eggs is .65 by .49 of an 
inco. The ground color is pure white, and with fine spots of reddish- 
brown and a few blotches of adarker shade.” 
GENUS TELMATODYES. Cabanis. 
Bill nearly as long as head. Hind claw longer than the rest of toe. Wings longer 
than the short, much graduated tail. Feet large; toes reaching te end of tail. 
TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS (Bart.) Henry. 
Long-billed Marsh Wren. | 
Troglodytes palustris, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog Sarv., 1838, 163.—R#aD, Proc. Phila. Acad. 
Nat. Sei., vi, 1853, 395. 
Cistothorus palustris, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 565 ; Reprint, 7.--LANG- 
DON, Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc, Nat. Hist., 1, 1879, 170; Reprint, 4. 
