ORDER PASSERES. 305 
[B 277, part, C 38, part, R 51, part, C 57, part. | 
Geroc. Dist.— Florida, and northward along the coast to South 
Carolina. 
728. Sitta canadensis LINN. 
Red-breasted Nuthatch. 
Sitta canadensis Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 177. 
[B 279, C 39, R 52, C 59-] 
Groc. Dist.— North America at large, breeding from northern 
New England, northern New York, and northern Michigan north- 
ward, and southward in the Alleghanies, Rocky Mountains, and 
Sierra Nevada; in winter south to about the southern border of the 
United States. 
729. Sitta pusilla Laru. 
Brown-headed Nuthatch. 
Sitta pusilla LatH. Ind. Orn. I. 1790, 263. 
[B 280, C go, R 53, C 60.] 
Geroc. Dist.— South Atlantic and Gulf States, north to southern 
Maryland and (casually?) Ohio, Missouri, etc. 
730. Sitta pygmea Vic. 
Pygmy Nuthatch. 
Sitta pygmea Vic. Zool. Beechey’s Voy. 1839, 25, pl. 4. 
[B28r,'C. 41) R sa Oo] 
Geroc. Dist.— Western United States, from New Mexico, Colorado 
and Montana to southern California, Washington, and eastern 
British Columbia; southward in Mexico to Mt. Orizaba. 
730 a. Sitta pygmzea leuconucha ANTHONY. 
White-naped Nuthatch. 
Sitta pygmea leuconucha ANTHONY, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 2d ser. 
LE Gets nus Tosi 77. 
[B 281, part, C 41, part, R 54, part, C 61, part.) 
Geroc. Dist.— San Pedro Mountains, Lower California. 
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