[Illustration 429: House Wren.] [Illustration: Pinkish white.] [Illustration: White.] [Illustration: deco.] [Illustration: right hand margin.] Page 428 722a. WESTERN WINTER WREN. _Nannus hiemalis pacificus._ Range.--Western North America from the Rockies to the coast, north to Alaska. This species is much browner both above and below and is more heavily barred than the last; its habits and eggs are like those of _hiemalis_. 722b. KADIAK WINTER WREN. _Nannushiemalis helleri._ Range.--Kadiak Island, Alaska. Said to be slightly larger and paler than _pacificus_. 723. ALASKA WREN. _Nannus alascensis._ Range.--Aleutian and Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Larger and paler than the Western Winter Wren. The habits of this species are similar to those of the eastern Winter Wren; they nest between boulders and in crevices of rocks or stumps, making their nests of moss and rootlets, lined with feathers. The eggs are like those of the Winter Wren but slightly larger; size .65 × .51. 723.1. ALEUTIAN WREN. _Nannus meliger._ Range.--Western Aleutian Islands to Alaska. Very similar to the above, both in song and general habits. They nest in the crevices of rocks or between boulders, making their nests of rootlets and grass, lining it with hair and feathers. Usually six eggs are laid, white with a few specks of brown (.58 × .46). 724. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. _Cistothorus stellaris_. Range.--Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf to Manitoba and Maine. This species does not appear to be as common anywhere as is the Long-billed variety, whose habits and nests are similar. They nest in or on the borders of marshes, and nests being globular structures of grasses, lined with hair, and with the entrance on the side; they are attached above the ground or water in marsh grass or reeds. Their eggs, which number from six to eight, are pure white; size .64 × .48. [Illustration 430: Winter Wren.] [Illustration: White.] [Illustration: 623--723.1--725a.] [Illustration: White.] [Illustration: left hand margin.] Page 429 725. LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. _Telmatodytes palustris palustris._ Range.--United States east of the Rockies, breeding from the Gulf north to Manitoba and New England; winters in southern United States. These birds are very abundant in suitable localities throughout their range, breeding in colonies in large marshes and in smaller numbers in small marshy places. Their nests are similar to those of the last, being globular and attached to cat-tails or reeds; the entrance is a small round hole in the side of the rush-woven structures and the interior is neatly finished with fine grass and hair. They lay from five to eight eggs of a pale chocolate color, dotted and spotted with darker shades of the same; size .64 × .45. Data.--Delray, Mich., May 27, 1900. Six eggs. Nest a ball of woven flags and grasses, lined with cat-tail down, and attached to rushes in salt marsh over two feet of water. Collector, Geo. W. Morse.