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SITTA PUSILLA PUSILLA Latham : Brown-headed Nuthatch 



This interesting nuthatch is locally common through wide areas 

 in the eastern and southern part of the State, seemingly more 

 abundant on the Coastal Plain than farther inland. Specimens at 

 hand come from the following localities : 7 miles southeast of Kock- 

 ingham, May 30 and June 1; Wake Forest, April 11, 1885 (from 

 Frank Blake Webster) ; 6 miles northwest of Greenville, November 

 9; near Bath (mouth of Mixon Creek, January 16, 1929, and mouth 

 of Duck Creek, January 13, 1930, taken by A. Wetmore) ; Engelhard, 

 October 13 and 19; North Harlowe, November 20; and Southport, 

 May 10, 12, and 15. 



The northern race of this bird, which extends in its range from 

 Georgia northward to Maryland and west into eastern Texas, when 

 compared with Sitta pusilla caniceps Bangs of Florida averages 

 slightly larger, there being, however, some overlap in size. The 

 northern bird in addition has the gray of the back slightly darker, 

 and the brown of the head darker with the paler edgings on the 

 crown feathers, where present, distinctly darker. 



The southern race, from material in the U. S. National Museum, 

 is found throughout Florida, including the northwestern extension 

 of the State. Birds from St. Marys in extreme southeastern 

 Georgia belong also to this form. 



Family CERTHIIDAE 



CERTHIA FAMIHARIS AMERICANA Bonaparte: Brown Creeper 



Specimens were taken at Statesville on October 7 and Engelhard 

 on October 18. 



Family TROGLODYTIDAE 



TROGLODYTES AEDON AEDON VieiUot: Eastern House Wren 



The four specimens of the house wren taken were obtained near 

 Engelhard, in Hyde County, on October 16, 20, 21, and 24. All 

 belong to the typical form. The darker, grayer, and less refuscent 

 Ohio house wren Troglodytes aedon haldwini has been recorded from 

 a number of localities in North Carolina.^^ 



NANNUS HIEMALIS HIEMALIS (Vieillot) : Eastern Winter Wren 



Specimens of this migrant race were secured at Engelhard, October 

 23, and near Bethel, October 30. I collected one at the mouth of 

 Mixon Creek near Bath on January 16, 1929. 



»» Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 34, Mar. 1934, p. 92. 



