AVES. 211 



PASSKU !•>!;. O.SCINE8. 



CEirnniDAE. 



384. Certmia familiaris amerk ana (Honapartc) Ki«lpvay. 

 Brown creeper; Tree creeper. 



Verlliia amrricana Bonap., (it'ojjr. and coinjjarativi' li.st birds 

 Eur()|H' and Xo. AiiuT., is;is. |>. 11. "We.sterx and .nortmer.v 

 parts" ov No. America. 



Certhia familiari.t Liiiiio. Audubon, Hird.s of Anicr.. 1S41, )>. 

 10<J. pi. 11."). Egji. CaptMi. ISSG. pi. 2, fi;;. 10. 



Cool nii.M'tl or conift-rous woods in suninuT, tn'c firowth jrener- 

 ally at other seasons; nests l)chind loose flake of hark. 



Me. — Common mijjrant, less common summer and winter 

 it'sident. Kgjjs, May 31-June 23. 



N. H. — Resident, hreedinj; locally south of Wliite Mts., and 

 more commonly north. Eg^s. May. 



Vt. — Common mij;rant and winter resident; uncommon local 

 summer resilient. 



Mas.s. — Connnon mijxrani ami winter resident; less common 

 summer resident in western part, hut rare and local in eastern 

 swamps (to Taunton). Sept. 12-May S; summer. E<;gs, May 

 6-23. 



R. I. — Common mijjrant and winter resident. Si'pt. 2-April 26. 



Cow. — Common mi<;rant and winter resident; rare sinnmer 

 resident. T.,ate S<'pt.-late .\pril (sinmncr). 



SIXTH ).\E. 

 385. SiTTA t AROi.iNENsi.s Latham. 



White-breasted nuthatch; Sapsucker. 



Lath., Index ornith., 17'JO, vol. 1. p. 202. "i.\ .\merica, Jamaica; 

 ElROPAEA .MINOR." .Vuduhoii, Hinls of Amer., 1S42, vol. 4, p. 

 175. pi. 247. Epfj, Ca|K'n, 1886. pi. 2, Hg. 8. 



(^)rchanls, shade and fon'st tn-es; ne.sts in holes in tn-es or stumj)S. 



