Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Ernest E (THOMPSON Cistothorus palustris)

THOMPSON. 725. Cistothorus palustris (Wils.). LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. Ad.-Crown olive-brown, blacker on the sides, a white line over the eye; back black, streaked with white; rump cinnamon-brown; wings and tail barred; under parts white; sides washed with grayish brown. L., 5.20; W., 1.95; T., 1.68; B., 52.

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