. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. Short-billed Marsh Wren localities, it merely gives its hearty quip-quap call notes. It lives in the woods, and can be found among the lower growths, and on and under old logs and stumps. Its quiet ways and dark colors render it difficult to be seen. Length, 4 ; wing, IJ (l|-2) ; tail, IJ; tarsus, f; culmen, f. Eastern North America; breeding from the northern United States northward (in the Alleghanies from North Carolina), and wintering from New York and Illinoi
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. Short-billed Marsh Wren localities, it merely gives its hearty quip-quap call notes. It lives in the woods, and can be found among the lower growths, and on and under old logs and stumps. Its quiet ways and dark colors render it difficult to be seen. Length, 4 ; wing, IJ (l|-2) ; tail, IJ; tarsus, f; culmen, f. Eastern North America; breeding from the northern United States northward (in the Alleghanies from North Carolina), and wintering from New York and Illinois south- ward. 8. Short-billed Marsh "Wren (724. Cistothdrus stelld,ris). — A small, short - billed, marsh and meadow-living wren, with its whole back, including the crown, very distinctly streaked length- wise with dark and light shades. The under parts are white, with buffy sides and breast. This, like many of the wrens, is so shy that it is much more frequently heard than seen. Length, i\; wing. If (15-1|) ; tail, 1|; tarsus, f ; culmen, |. The United States from the Plains east- ward, and north to southern Michigan and southern On- tario. It winters in the South Atlantic and Gulf States. 9. Long-billed Marsh Wren (725. Cistothdrus imlustris). — A 1 o n g- billed, white - bellied wren, with a black back, LoDg-billed Marsh Wren striped lengthwise with white. The crown is unstreaked, and the wings, tail, and sides. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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