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Genus CiSTOTiiORUS Cabaiiis. 

 Subgenus Cistothorus. 



237. (724). a stellaris (Licht.). Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Rare transient, Buncombe county {vide Cairns). 



Subii^enus Telmatodytes Cabanis. 



238. (725). 0. palustris (Wils.). Long-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Rare transient, taken at Raleigh in ' April and May, 1886 

 (Briniley). 



Family CERTHIID.E. Creepers. 



Genus Certhia Linnaeus. 



*239. (726). C. famillaris americana (Bonap.). Brown Creeper. 

 Common winter visitor and transient in middle region; resident 

 in mountain region, common in winter, abundant transient, and 

 rare in summer. '^Common at Highlands and Black Moun- 

 tains, in balsams, above 4,000 feet, breeds'' (vide Brewster). 

 (Univ. Coll.). 



Family PARID^. Nuthatches and Tits. 

 Genus SiTTA Linnaeus. 



*240. (727j. S. carolinensis Lath. White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Rather common resident throughout the State. (Univ. Coll.). 



*24L (728). S. canadensis Linn. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Rare winter visitor in middle region; rare summer visitor in 

 mountain region. In balsams of Black Mountains from 5,000 

 feet to 6,000 feet, breeds (Brewster). 



*242. (729). S. j)usilla Lath. Brown-headed Nuthatch. 

 Rather common resident in middle and coast regions; rather local. 



Genus Parus Linnaeus. 

 Subgenus Lophophanes Kaup. 

 *243. (731). P. bicolor Linn. Tufted Titmouse. Common 

 resident, generally distributed. (Univ. Coll.). 



Subgenus Parus Linna3us. 

 *244. (735). P. atricapiUus L'mn. Chickadee. Rather com- 

 mon resident in mountain region, breeds (vide Brewster and 

 Batchelder). 



