Plate C. Male and Female.
Bill rather long, slightly arched; wings short, with the fourth quill
longest. Upper parts dark brown, the sides of the head deeper, the
fore part of the back brownish-black, longitudinally and conspicuously
streaked with white, the quills externally margined with lighter
brown, the tail barred with dark brown; a white line over the eye,
extending down the neck; the sides of the latter mottled with light
brown and grey; the lower parts of a silvery greyish-white; abdominal
feathers and lower tail-coverts tipped with brown. Female differs only
in having the black of the back of a less deep tint, the white lines
less conspicuous, and the lower parts of a duller white.
_Male_, 5, 6-1/4.
Breeds from Texas to Massachusetts, along all the shores of the
Atlantic. Resident in Louisiana. Occurs accidentally far in the
interior.
Marsh-Wren, Troglodytes palustris, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p.
58.
Troglodytes palustris, Bonap. Syn. p. 93.
Marsh-Wren, Troglodytes palustris, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 439.
Troglodytes palustris, Marsh Wren, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 319.
Marsh-Wren, Troglodytes palustris, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p.
500; v. v. p. 467.