nds to Alaska. Very similar to the above,
both in song and general habits. They nest in the crevices of rocks or
between boulders, making their nests of rootlets and grass, lining it
with hair and feathers. Usually six eggs are laid, white with a few
specks of brown (.58 x .46).

724. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. _Cistothorus stellaris_.

Range.--Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf to Manitoba and
Maine.

This species does not appear to be as common anywhere as is the
Long-billed variety, whose habits and nests are similar. They nest in or
on the borders of marshes, and nests being globular structures of
grasses, lined with hair, and with the entrance on the side; they are
attached above the ground or water in marsh grass or reeds. Their eggs,
which number from six to eight, are pure white; size .64 x .48.

[Illustration 430: Winter Wren.]
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725. LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. _Telmatodytes 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 numbers 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 interior is
neatly finished with fine grass and hair. They lay from five to eight
eggs of a pale chocolate 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 marsh over two feet of water. Collector, Geo.
W. Morse.

725a. TULE WREN. _Telmatodytes 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, exc