BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 467 



CERTHIA FAMILIARIS MONTANA Ridgway. 

 ROCKY MOTJNTAIN CREEPER. 



Similiir to C. f. (imericmia, but upper parts less brownish, the 

 o-onenil color darker and clearer dusky, the Avhitish streaks whiter, 

 grayish rather than buft'y; superciliary stripe broader, purer white; 

 under parts more purely white, with buff tinge on flanks and under 

 tail-coyerts less distinct; size larger, the bill relatiyel}' longer. 



Adult male.— hon^ih. (skins), 120-135 (12S.5); wing, 63-67.5 [m); 

 tail, 64r-70 (65.1); exposed culmen, 15.5-17 (16.4); tarsus, 14.5-15.5 

 (15.2); middle toe, 11-11.5 (11.1); hind claw, 8-9 (8.6).« 



Adult female.— luQwgih (skins), 120-132 (124.5); wing, 61.5-66.5 

 (64.1); tail, 61.5-66 (63.6); exposed culmen, 13-15.5 (14.4); tarsus, 

 14.5-15.5 (15.2); middle toe, 10.5-11.5 (11); hind claw, 8-9 (8.4). «■ 



Rocky Mountain district, breeding from New Mexico (San Miguel 

 County, upper Pecos River and Santa Fe Mountains, etc.) and central 

 Arizona (Mount Graham, Mogollon Moimtains. San Francisco Moun- 

 tains, etc.) to Cook Inlet, Alaska; during migration, southeastern 

 California (San Bernardino Mountains, Ma}^, September), and prob- 

 ably into northern Chihuahua and Sonora. 



Certhia famiUaris (not of Linna'us) WooDnor.sE, in Eep. Sitgreaves' Expl. Zufii 

 and Col. E., 1853, 66, part (New Mexico; San Francisco Mts., Arizona). — 

 Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1855, 209 (New Mexico).— Coues, 

 Check List, 1873, no. 42, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 62, part; Birds N. W., 1874, 

 26, part; Bird.s Col. Val., 1878, 145, part.— Trippe, in Coues' Birds N. W., 

 1874, 230 (mountains of Colorado, breeding near timber line). — Nelsox, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1875, 356 (Utah).— Drew, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 

 1881, 88 (San Juan Co., Colorado, breeding). — Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 viii, 1883, 323, part (w. side Rocky Mts.?; Mexico?). 



[CertJiia] famiUaris Coves, Key N. Am.'Bird.s, 1872, 84, part. 



Clertliia'] famiUaris Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 273, part. 



Certhia americana (not of Bonaparte) Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 

 372, part (New Mexico); Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 275, part; Review ^Vm. 

 Birds. 1864, 89 (New Mexico).— Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xi, 1859, 

 107 (New Mexico).— Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 26 

 (Pueblo Creek, New ]Mexico). — Coues, Proc. Ac;. Nat. Sci. Phila., xviii, 

 1866, 97 (Fort Whipple, Arizona).— (?) Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869,296 

 (upper Missouri R.). 



Certhia familiarl.s . . . var. americana Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 

 1873, 180 (Colorado). — Hensiiaw, Rep. Orn. Sjieo. Wheeler's Surv.. 1874, 

 41 (Utah), 73 (Fort Garland, Colorado, breeding). 100 (Apache, Arizona, 

 Sept. 1), 155 (Arizona); Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 177 (Fort Gar- 

 land, Colorado; Apache, Arizona; Mount Graham. Arizona, Aug. 3). 



Certhia famiUaris, var. americana Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 125, part. 



Certhia famiUaris . . . /3. americana RintavAV, Orn. 40th Parallel. 1S77. 418, ]>art 

 (valleys of Truckee and Cai-son rivers, Nevada, winter; Wa.siitch and 

 Uinta Mts., Utah, breeding in pine belt). 



« Ten specimens. & Eight specimens. 



