304 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
726 c¢. Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ripcw. 
Californian Creeper. 
[Certhia familiaris| occidentalis Ripcw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. V. 
July 8, 1882, 114. 
[B 275, part, C 42, part, R 55, part, C 62, part. | 
Geroc. Dist.— Pacific coast, from California to southern Alaska. 
Famity PARIDAS. NvuTHATCHES AND TITs. 
SuBFAMILY SITTIN AS. NutTHATCHEs. 
Genus SITTA Linnaeus. 
Sitta LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 115. Type, S. europea LINN. 
727. Sitta carolinensis Laru. 
White-breasted Nuthatch. 
Sitta carolinensis LATH. Ind. Orn. I. 1790, 262. 
[B 277, C 38, R 51, C 57-] 
Geoc. Dist.— Eastern United States, from Georgia north to the 
southern British Provinces, and west to the Rocky Mountains. 
727 a. Sitta carolinensis aculeata (Cass.). 
Slender-billed Nuthatch. 
Sitta aculeata Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. Oct. 1856, 254. 
Sitta carolinensis var. aculeata ALLEN, Bull. M. C. Z. III. No. 6, 
July. 0872, TOE. 
[Bi278, Cesc Rea pool 
Geoc. Dist.— Western North America, east to the Plains, and 
south into Mexico. 
727 6. Sitta carolinensis atkinsi Scott. 
Florida White-breasted Nuthatch. 
Sitta carolinensis atkinsi Scott, Auk, VII. April, 1890, 118. 
