. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . us or blackish on inner webs, brown with black bars on exposedsurfaces; sides of head whitish before, plain brown or punctate behind; a whitesuperciliary line; under parts white, tinged with ochraceous-buff across breast,and on sides, flanks, and crissum; bill and feet as usual. Length (); av. of seven Columbus specimens: wing (467); tail ();bill along culmen .53 (i3-5) ! from nostril .43 (). Recognition Marks.—Warbler size; brown and black
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . us or blackish on inner webs, brown with black bars on exposedsurfaces; sides of head whitish before, plain brown or punctate behind; a whitesuperciliary line; under parts white, tinged with ochraceous-buff across breast,and on sides, flanks, and crissum; bill and feet as usual. Length (); av. of seven Columbus specimens: wing (467); tail ();bill along culmen .53 (i3-5) ! from nostril .43 (). Recognition Marks.—Warbler size; brown and black pattern of back withwhite stripes distinctive; white superciliary stripe and long bill as distinguishedfrom preceding species. Strictly confined to cat-tails and long grass of marshes. Nest, a ball of reeds and grasses, chinked and lined with cat-tail down, withentrance in side, and suspended in growing cat-tails (Typha latifolia) or , 5-9, so heavily speckled with olive-brown or sepia as to appear almost uni-form brown. Av. size, .66 x .48 ( x ). 270 THE LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. ;iiiM. Taken at the Licking Resenwir. Photo by the Author. NEST OF THE LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. THE LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. 271 General Range.—Eastern United States, north to Massachusetts, Ontarioand southern Manitoba; wintering from the Gulf States south to eastern Mexico,and locally as far north as southern New England. Breeds throughout its UnitedStates and British American range. Range in Ohio.—Regular summer resident in suitable localities,—the Reser-voirs, Lake Erie shore, etc. Found elsewhere, but not commonly, during migra-tions. TO the Coots and Rails belong the ooze-infesting morsels of the swamp,but all the little crawling things which venture into the upper story of the wav-ing cat-tail forest belong to the Long-billed Marsh Wren. Somewhat less cau-tious that the water-fowl, he is the presiding genius of flowing acres, whichoften have no other interest for the
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