'l‘ll It AS 11 1*} RS, WRE. 'S, l‘I'l‘t ‘.

the species has much the same timbre us the cull-note; it resembles the syllables (‘lHl/I (‘/l(I])#—c/u(1)—I‘/mp, chap (Imp-r11up-(‘hup-p-p-M'rr,- but during the height, of the love, season it, vents its feelings in a much more ambitious retrain. one which, while it is everywhere varied and in parts very musical. is still conspicuous for the amount. of c/tappert'ng that enters into its composition. While singing. it is usually seen clinging to the side of some tall swaying reed with its tail bent for- ward so far as almost. to touch the head, thus exhibiting in an exag- gerated manner a. characteristic attitude of all the Wrens.

This is less a species of the deep-water marshes than is the long- billed member of the genus, and often it will be found in places that are little more than damp meadows. It is remarkably mouselike

in its habits and movements, and can be flushed only with extreme difficulty. ERNEST E. THOMPSON.

725. Cistothorus palustris r ”VIM. lmxo-ciLLicn )IARSII WHEN. ALL—Crown olive-brown, blacker on the sides, :1 white line over the eye; buck bluek. streaked with white; rump ein- nznnon~brownz wings and tuil barred; un- der pints white: sides washed with grayish brown. L.. 0: Wu 1'95; '1‘.. 1'68; 13., ‘52.

Irving/«quastern North America; breeds from the Gulf‘ States to Manitoba and Massu— ehusetts‘ winters from the Gulf States, and

loudly farther north. south'w'nrd to Mexico.

FIG. 112.»—I.ong-billed Marsh . ‘ , Wren. thtturul size.) “ushmgton, very nuimrous S. R.. Apl.

30 to Oct. UH. Sing Sing. common S. l{..

May 10 to Oct. ‘28. Cambridge. lo -:tlly abundant S. 1%.. May 15 to Oct"; sometimes a few winter. ,

Nest. globular. the entrance at one side. of course erassec. reed stalks. ctc.,

lined wtth tine, grus‘ as. attached to reeds or bushes. lL'Ifl/N. five to nine, uni- form. minutely speckled or thickly nnirked with t'llllllllllOIL‘ or olive—brown,

'65 x '41).

If you would make the acquaintance of this Marsh Wren. you have only to Visit his home in the cut—tails and tall. i'eedy grasses bordering rivers, creeks. and sloughs. it will be unnecessary to announce your- self; he will know of your presence long before you know of his, and from the inner chambers of his dwelling will proceed rertztiu scolding. t'ru'lcl'ur/ notes before this nervous. excitable bit of ftztthered life ap- pears on his threshold. “'ith many flourishes of lllt tail and much bobbing and :Lttitudinizing. he inquires your business. but; before you have had time enough to inspect him he has dartel back into his damp retreats. and you can tell of his frequently clunging position only by his scolding, grumblingr notes.

All this time his neighbors-——uml be generally has numbers of