ORDER PASSERES. 331 



726 a. Certhia familiaris mexicana (GLOG.). 



Mexican Creeper. 



Certhia mexicana GLOG. Handb. 1834, 381. 



Certhia familiaris var. mexicana B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. I. 1874, 

 128. 



[B 27 6, C , R 55 a, C .] 



HAB. Guatemala, Mexico, and Southern Arizona. 



FAMILY PARIDJjS. NUTHATCHES AND TITS. 

 SUBFAMILY SITTING. NUTHATCHES. 



GENUS SITTA LINNAEUS. 

 Sitta LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 115. Type, S. europaa LINN. 



727. Sitta carolinensis LATH. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta carolinensis LATH. Ind. Orn. I. 1790, 262. 

 [6277, C 38, R 51, C 57.] 



HAB. Southern British Provinces and Eastern United States to the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



727 a. Sitta carolinensis aculeata (CASS.). 



Slender-billed Nuthatch. 



Sitta aculeata CASS. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. Oct. 1856, 254. 

 Sitta canadensis var. aculeata ALLEN, Bull. M. C. Z. III. No. 6, July, 

 1872, 161. 



[B 278, C 38 a, R 5 1 a, C 58.] 



HAB. Western North America, east to the Plains, and south into 

 Mexico. 



728. Sitta canadensis LINN. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta canadensis LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 177. 



