TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 351 



Sitta pygmaea flavinucha Van Rossem 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 52: 5, Feb. 4, 1939. 

 142763. Adult male. Huitzilac, State of Morelos, Mexico. December 31, 

 1892. Collected by Edward W. Nelson. Original number 653. Re- 

 ceived from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



Family CERTHIIDAE: Creepers 



[Certhia familiaris] brittanica Ridgway 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 5: 113, July 21, 1882. 

 =Certhia familiaris brittanica Ridgway. See Witherby et ah. Handbook 

 of British birds 1 : 234, 1938. 



18760. Adult male. "Europe" (on label) ^England (type locality re- 

 stricted to Mottisfont, Hampshire, by Meinertzhagen, Bull. Brit. Om. 

 Club 68: 26, 1947). Entered into the museum register on October 26, 

 1860. Original number 216. Received from the Royal Artillery Insti- 

 tution's Museum. 



18761. Adult female. "Europe" (on label). Entered into the museum 

 register on October 26, 1860. Original number 217. Received from 

 the Royal Artillery Institution's Museum. 



No. 18760 is yet another cotype that passed into Ridgway's private col- 

 lection, but later came back to the museum. 



It should be noted that Ridgway's solecistic spelling of the subspecific 

 name is usually corrected to britannica. 

 [Certhia familiaris] occidentalis Ridgway 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 5 : 115, July 21, 1882. 



^=Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ridgway. See A.O.U., Checklist of North 

 American birds, ed. 4, p. 240, 1931. 



7125. Adult (sex not indicated). Fort Steilacoom, Pierce County, Wash- 

 ington. Entered into the museum register on October 8, 1857. Col- 

 lected by George Suckley. Original number 256. 



9520. Adult (sex not indicated). Mud Bay, New Westminster Electoral 

 District, Province of British Columbia, Canada. November 29, 1857. 

 Collected by Caleb B. R. Kennerly. Original nimiber 74. Northwest- 

 em Boundary Survey. 



11810. Adult male. Semiahmoo (not Hiniahmoo), Whatcom County, 

 Washington. November 27, 1858? Collected by Caleb B. R. Kennerly. 

 Original number 194. Northwestern Boundary Survey. 



17433. Adult male. Camp Semiahmoo (not Siniahmoo), New West- 

 minster Electoral District, Province of British Columbia, Canada. Jan- 

 uary 7, 1860. Collected by Caleb B. R. Kennerly. Original number 

 461. Northwestern Boundary Survey. 



82709. Adult male. Nicasio, Marin County, California. March 17, 1877. 

 Collected by Charles A. Allen. Received from Robert Ridgway. 



82710. Adult female. Nicasio, Marin County, California. February 10, 

 1877. Collected by Charles A. Allen. Received from Robert Ridgway. 



