. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . trance at one side, of coarse grasses, reed stalks, etc.,lined with fine grasses, attached to reeds or bushes. Eggs., five to nine, uni-form, minutely speckled or thickly marked with cinnamon- or olive-brown,•65 X -49. If you would make the acquaintance of this Marsh Wren, you haveonly to visit his home in the cat-tails and tall, reedy grasses borderingrivers, creeks, and sloughs. It will be unnecessary to announce your-self ; he will know of your presence long before you know of his, andfrom the inner chambers of his dwelling will proceed certain
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . trance at one side, of coarse grasses, reed stalks, etc.,lined with fine grasses, attached to reeds or bushes. Eggs., five to nine, uni-form, minutely speckled or thickly marked with cinnamon- or olive-brown,•65 X -49. If you would make the acquaintance of this Marsh Wren, you haveonly to visit his home in the cat-tails and tall, reedy grasses borderingrivers, creeks, and sloughs. It will be unnecessary to announce your-self ; he will know of your presence long before you know of his, andfrom the inner chambers of his dwelling will proceed certain scolding,caching notes before this nervous, excitable bit of feathered life ap-pears on his threshold. With many flourishes of the tail and muchbobbing and attitudinizing, he inquires your business, but before youhave had time enough to inspect him he has darted back into hisdamp retreats, and you can tell of his frequently changing positiononly by his scolding, grumbling notes. All this time his neighbors—and he generally has numbers of. CREEPERS. 385 them—have doubtless been charming you with their rippling, bub-bling, gurgling song. It is quite beyond their control; they seemfilled to overflowing with an inexhaustible supply of music. Some-times, like a mine of melody, it explodes within them and lifts themfrom the dark recesses of the flags up into the air above. 725b. C. p. griseus Brewst. Wortiiingtons Marsh Wren.— Black of upper partis iiuieli duller and less extended than in palustris^ usu-ally confined to the extreme sides of the crown and a short, narrow area inthe middle of the back, and in extreme specimens almost wholly of sides, flanks, and upper parts pale and grayish. Dark markings ofthe under tail-coverts, flanks, sides, and breast faint, confused, and incon-spicuous, sometimes practically wanting. W., 1-80 ; T., 1-53; B., -50 (Brew-ster, Auk, X, 1893, p. 218). Range.—Coast of South Carolina and Georgia. C. p. marianae {Scott). Ma
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