240 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway. Rocky Mountain Creeper. [72Q>b.] 



Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 



114 [July 21). (Middle Province of North America north to Kadiak, 

 Alaska, breeding south to New Mexico and Arizona = Mt. Graham, 

 Arizona.) 



Range. — Breeds in boreal zones from central Alaska (Mt. McKinley), cen- 

 tral British Columbia, and southern Alberta south in the Rocky Mountains to 

 Arizona and New Mexico. In winter ranges to southeastern California and 

 probably into Mexico. 



Certhia familiaris albescens Berlepsch. Mexican Creeper. [726a.] 



Certhia mexicana albescens Berlepsch, Auk, V, No. 4, Oct., 1S8S, 450. 

 (Ciudad Durango, N. W. Mexico.) 



Range. — Lower Canadian and Transition zones from southern Arizona 

 south to Nayarit and Zacatecas, Mexico. 



Certhia familiaris zelotes Osgood. Sierra Creeper. [726d.] 



Certhia familiaris zelotes Osgood, Auk, XVIII, No. 2, April, 1901, 182. 

 (Battle Creek, Tehama Co., California.) 



Range. — Canadian and Transition zones from the Cascade Mountains of 

 Washington and the Sierra Nevada of California north to southern British 

 Columbia and northern Idaho and south to the San Jacinto Mountains, spread- 

 ing into adjacent valleys in winter. 



Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ridgway. California Creeper. [726f .] 



Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 



115 [July 21]. (Pacific coast of North America, breeding from moun- 

 tains of northern California to British Columbia = Simiahmoo, Wash- 

 ington.) 



Range.^ — ^Pacific coast, in the Canadian and Transition zones, from Sitka, 

 Alaska, to Monterey County, California. 



[Additional races of C. familians are found in Mexico and Guatemala and in 

 Europe and Asia.] 



Family CHAMAEIDAE. Wren-Tits. 



Genus CHAMAEA Gambel. 



Chamaea Gambel, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Ill, No. 7, Jan.-Feb., 

 1847 [May 7], 154. Type, by orig. desig., Parus fasciatus Gambel. 



Chamaea fasciata phaea Osgood. Coast Wren-Tit. [7426.] 



C/iama?a/ascmto p/ia?a Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, No. 11, May 

 29, 1899, 42. (Newport, Yaquina Bay, Oregon.) 



