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5. Sitta carolinensiH nelsoni Mearns 447 



6. Sitta carolinensis inexicana Nelson and Palmer 448 



7. Sitta canadensis Linnauis 450 



8. Sitta pusilla Latham 458 



9. Sitta pygma?a pygma>a Vigors 456 



10. Sitta pygnia^a leuconueha Anthony 459 



Family Certhhd.e. The Creepers 459 



Genus Certhia Linnaeus 462 



Key to the American Subspecies of Certhia familiaris 468 



1. Certhia familiaris americana( Bonaparte) 464 



2. Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway 467 



3. Certhia familiaris zelotes Osgood 468 



4. Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ridgway 470 



5. Certhia familiaris alticola Miller 471 



6. Certhia familiaris albescens (Berlepsch) 472 



Family Troglodvtid.e. The Wrens 473 



Key to the Genera of Troglodytid;e 476 



Genus 1 . Cistothorus Cabanis 480 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Cistothorus 481 



1. Cistothorus stellaris ( Lichtenstein ) 482 



2. Cistothorus polyglottus elegans ( Sclater and Sal vin ) 484 



3. Cistothorus polyglottus lucidus Ridgway 486 



Genus 2. Telmatodytes Cabanis 486 



Key to the Subspecies of Telmatodytes 488 



4. Telmatodytes palustris palustris ( Wilson) 489 



5. Telmatodytes palustris iliacus Ridgway 492 



6. Telmatodytes palustris plesius Oberholser 494 



7. Telmatodytes palustris paludicola ( Baird ) 496 



8. Telmatodytes palustris mariana' (Scott) ' 497 



9. Telmatodytes palustris thryophilus Oberholser 498 



10. Telmatodytes i)alustris griseus (Brewster) 499 



Genus 3. Heleodytes Cabanis 500 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Heleodytes 501 



1 1. Heleodytes albobrunneus Lawrence 503 



12. Heleodytes chiapensis (Salvin and Godman) 504 



1 3. Heleodytes capistratus capistratus ( Lesson ) 504 



14. Heleodytes capistratus nigricaudatus Nelson 506 



1 5. Heleodytes rufinucha ( Laf resnaye ) 507 



16. Heleodytes humilis (Sclater) _ . 508 



1 7. Heleodytes zonatus zonatus ( Lesson ) 510 



18. Heleodytes zonatus costaricensis (Berle])scli ) 512 



19. Heleodytes zonatus restrictus Nelson 512 



20. Heleodytes megalopterus (Lafresnaye) 513 



21 . Heleodytes nelsoni Ridgway 514 



22. Heleodytes guttatus (Gould ) 516 



23. Heleodytes brunneicapillus brunneicapillus (Lafresnaye) 517 



24. Heleodytes brunneicapillus l)ryanti Anthony 519 



25. Heleodytes brunueica])illus afhuis ( Xantus ) 520 



26. Heleodytes brunneicai)illus obscurus Nelson 521 



27. Heleodytes brunneicapillus couesi (Sharpe) 522 



28. Heleodytes jocosus (Sclater) 524 



29. Heleodytes gularis (Sclater) 526 



(tcuus 4. Pheugopedius Cabanis , . . . , , , . . , . 527 



