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FAMILY CERTHIID/e. Creepers. 



A - N ^ u - GENUS CERTHIA. LINN. 



546 (72C.) CERTHIA FAMILIARIS AMERICANA. (UONAP.) Brown Creeper. 



Whole of North America to the limit of large timber; breeds from 

 northern border of United States, northward. 



FAMILY PARIDXE. Nuthatches and Tits. 



Subfamily SITTIN/C. Nuthatches. 



GENUS SITTA. LINN. 



547 (727) SITTA CAROLINENSIS. LATH. White=breasted Nuthatch. 



Eastern United States ; from Georgia north to the southern British 

 Provinces, and west to the Rocky Mountains. 



548 (727a) Sitta carolinensis aikinsi. (SCOTT.) Florida White-breasted Nuthatch. 



South Carolina to Florida ; differs in being somewhat smaller ; the wing 

 coverts usually not tipped with white. 



549 (728) SITTA CANADENSIS. LINN. Red=breasted Nuthatch. 



" Whole of North America ; breeding chiefly north of the United States, 

 except in western mountainous districts ; eastern United States 

 chiefly in winter." RIDGWAY. 



550 (729) SITTA PUSILLA. LATH. Brown=headed Nuthatch. 



"South Atlantic and Gulf States; north to southern Maryland and 

 (casually) Ohio, Missouri, etc." (A. O. IT.) 



Subfamily PARIN/E. Titmice. 

 GENUS PARUS. LINN. 



SUBGENUS LOPHOPHANES. KAUP. 



551 (731) PASUS BICOLOR. (LiNN.) Tufted Titmouse. 



Eastern United States ; from New Jersey and southern New England to 

 the Gulf. 



SUBGENUS PARUS. LINN. 



552 (735) PARUS ATRICAPILLUS. (LINN.) Chickadee. 



" Eastern North America, north of the Potomac and Ohio Valley." 

 (A. O. U.) 



553 (736) PARUS CAROLINENSIS. ORD. Carolina Chickadee. 



"Southeastern States; north to New Jersey and Illinois, west to 

 Missouri." (A. O. U.) 



554 (740) PARUS HUDSONICUS. FORST. Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Northern North America ; from Northern New England and Michigan, 

 northward. 



