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5. MNIOTILTA. 



Type. 



Mniotilta, Vieill. Analyse, p. 45 (1816) M. varia. 



Oxyglossus, Sioains. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 357 (1828) M. varia. 



Range. Whole of North America, ranging in winter throughout 

 Central America to Colombia, Venezuela. Jamaica ; Cuba ; S. 

 Domingo. 



1. Mniotilta varia*. 



? The Small Black and White Creeper, Sloane, N. H. Jamaica, ii. 



p. .-JOO, pi. 205. fio.. 1 (1725). 

 Black and White Creeper, Edwards, Gleaninqs, vi. p. 191, pi. 300 



(17C.0). 

 Le Figuier vari(5 de S. Domingue, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 529, pi. 27. fio-. 5 



(1760). 

 MotacUla varia, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 333 ; Gtn. Sust. Nat. i. p. 979 



(1788). 

 Le Figuier vari^, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 305 (1778). 

 White-poll Warbler, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 488 (1783) ; Penn. 



Arctic Zool. ii. p. 293 (1785). 

 Sylvia varia, Lath. hid. Orn. ii. p. 539 (1790). 

 Certhia picta, Bartr. Trav. Florida, p. 289 bis (1791). 

 Le Grimpereau varie, Audeh. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. Ill, pi. 74 



(1802). 

 Certhia varia, Vieill. Ois. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 69 (1807) ; Attdub. B. 



Amer. pi. 90: id. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 4.52 (1831). 

 Certhia maculata, Wils. Amer. Orn. iii. p. 23, pi. 19. fig. 3 (1811). 

 Mniotilta varia, Vieill. et Oud. Gal. Ois. i. p. 276, pi. 169 (1825) ; 



Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. Sr N. Amer. p. 11 (1838) ; Audub. Syn. 



p. 71 (18.39); id. B. Amer. ii. p. 105, pi. 114 (1839); Gosse, B. 



Jamaica, p. 134 (1847) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 190 (1848) ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 311 (1850) ; Lembeye, Av. Cuba, p. 68, pi. 10. fig. 1 



(1850) ; Gnmll. J. f. O. 185-5, p. 475 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 143, 



1856, pp. 140, 29i; 1858, p. 298 ; Nemvied, J. f. O. 1858, p. 108 ; 



Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 235 (1858) ; A. ^- E. Neivt. Ibis, 1859, 



p. 143 ; Scl. ^- Salv. t. c. p. 10 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 363, 373 ; 



Bryant, Pr. Bast. Soc. N. II. vii. p. 110 (1859) ; Lmvr. Ann. Lye. 



New York, vii. p. 322 (1861) ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. .326; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 25 (1862) ; March, Proc. 



Philad. Acad. 1863, p. 293 ; Scl P. Z. S. 1864, p. 172 ; Baird, Review 



Amer. B. p. 167 ( 1865) ; Lawr. Aim. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 174 



(1865), p. 283 (1866); Dresser, Ibis, im5, p. 476; Salv. P.Z.S. 



1867, p. 1.35 ; Laicr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 93 (1868) ; Von 



Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 292 ; Sumichr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. 



p. 546 (1869); Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 238, no. 3447 (1869) ; Scl. 



Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 780 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 322 ; Allen, 



Bull. Mas. Comp. Zool. Cambr. iii. p. 175 (1872) ; Cones, Key N. 



Amei: B. p. 92 (1872) ; Snow, B. Kansas, p. 4 (1873) ; Scl. S,- 



Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 8 (1873) ; Later. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. 



H.n. p. 209 (1874); Coues, B. N.-West, p. 45 (1874); Baird, 



Breiver, S,- Pidf/w. Mist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 180, pi. 10. fig. 6 (1874) ; 



Gundl. Orn. Cuba, p. 63 (1876) ; Laim: Bull. U.S. Nat. Mtts. 



no. 4, p. 15 (187G) ; Coues, B. Color. Vail. p. 204, note (1878) ; 



* Long usage has faaiiliarized ornithologists with this name for the Black 

 and White Creeper ; but I am not at all sure that Sloane's description, on which 

 Liunasus founded his MotacUla varia, does not really apply to Dendrxca pharetra. 



