468 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Certhia familinris, /3. americana Ridgway, Field and Forest, May, 1877, 196 

 (Colorado). 



Certhia mexicana (not of Gloger) Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 74 (Montana). 



Certhia familiaris fusca {not Certhia fusca Barton) Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., 

 vii, Jan., 1875, 32 (Wasatch Mts., Utah). 



[^Certhia familiaris] montana Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, July 8, 1882, 114 

 (Apache, Arizona; Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, Oct., 1882, 257. — 

 Allen and Beewstee, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 154 (Colorado 

 Springs, Colorado, Apr. 7).— Meaens, Auk, vii, 1890, 262 (Mogollon Mts., 

 Arizona, breeding from 6,500 ft. upward). — Lowe, Auk, xi, 1894, 270 (Wet 

 Mts., Colorado, breeding at 10,000 ft). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check List., 2d ed., 1895, no. 726 6.— Cooke, Bull. 37, Col. State Agric. 

 Coll., 1897, 121 (Colorado, resident; in winter, 7,000-9,000 ft.).— Merrill 

 (J. C. ), Auk, XV, 1898, 20 (Fort Sherman, Idaho, winter and spring). — 

 Mitchell, Auk, xv, 1898, 311 (San Miguel Co., New Mexico, breeding from 

 7,000 ft. to timber line) .—Osgood, N. Am. Fauna, no. 21, 1901, 80 (Hope 

 and Tj^onek, Cook Inlet, Alaska). 



Cl^erthia] familiaris montana Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 558, footnote. — 

 Hartert, Novit. Zool., iv, 1897, 139 (crit. ). — Hellmayr, Tierreich, 18. Lief., 

 1903, 21L 



Cl^erthia] f{^(nmlmris'\ montana Osgood, Auk, xviii, 1901, 183 (diagnosis; range). — 

 Bailey (Florence M.), Ilandb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 451. 



Certhia montana Reichenow and Schalow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 419 (reprint of 

 orig. descr. ) . 



CERTHIA FAMILIARIS ZELOTES Osgood. 

 CALIFORNIA CREEPER. 



Similar to C. f. tnontana^ but decidedl}' darker and browner above, 

 with tawny of rump deeper and whitish streaks narrower, especially 

 on pileum; superciliary stripe narrower, less purely white; under 

 parts duller white; averaging* detidedly smaller, except bill and feet. 



Adult ma^^.— Length (skins), 120-131 (128.8); wing, 62-67 (63.5); 

 tail, 68-64.5 (60.8); exposed culmen, 15-17 (16.2); tarsus, 14.5-15.5 

 (15.1); middle toe, 11-12 (11.3); hind claw, 7.5-9 (8.1).« 



AdvU female. —-IjQxigth. (skins), 115-130 (122.1); wing, 58.5-63 

 (60.4); tail, 52.5-60 (57.2); exposed cidmen, 14-17 (14.7); tarsus, 14.5- 

 15.5 (14:9); middle toe, 10-11.5 (11); hind claw, 7-8 (7.6).* 



California, except northern coast district, through central Oregon 

 (Portland, Fort Klamath, etc.) and Washington to central British 

 Columbia (Nelson, Mount Lehman, Ducks, etc.), breeding southward 

 to Mount Whitney, Tejon Mountains, and mountains of Los Angeles 

 County; northward along or near coast to Marin County, California. 



Certhia familiaris (not of Linneeus) Woodhouse, in Rep. Sitgreaves' Expl. Zufii 

 and Col. R., 1853, 66, part (CaUfornia). —Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soc, N. IL, 

 xvii, 1875, 343 (California). 



\_Certhia\ familiaris CouES, Key N. Amer. Birds, 1872, 84, part. 



« Ten specimens, ^ Eight specimens. 



