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the tail 1.80; while in 6,764 (%?), from El Paso, the wing is 2.15, 
and the tail 2.25. The Cape St. Lucas specimens are brighter, and 
the top of head just behind the forehead has the feathers strongly 
tinged with reddish-orange. 
| 
Smith- Collec-| Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Gollected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. : 
Ac SC Matamoras. rice Lt. Couch. Dr. Berlandier. 
6,774 24 oh El Paso, Mex. Dec. 26, 754. Maj. Emory. J. H. Clark. 
4,015 | 218 36 Saltillo, Mex. ae Ets Couch. “Ur telotctees 
11,545 Fie g Fort Yuma, Cal. piste Lt. J. C. Ives. Millhausen. 
11,546 cual ee “ ¥. “ es 
12,967 11 od | Cape St. Lucas. sa John Xantus,, | | ) gcsesea 
12,968 72 g Us sink se Asaue 
Susramity SITTIN. 
SITTA, Linyzus. 
Sitta, Linnzus, Syst. Nat. 1735 and 1758, 115s (Type S. europza.)— 
ReicHensacu, Handbuch, No. IX, 1853,149. (Monograph of genus.) 
Sitta carolinensis. 
Sitta_europxa, var. y, carolinensis, Gu. S.N. I, 1788, 440. 
Sitta carolinensis, Latu. Ind. Orn. I, 1790, 262; also of all other Ame- 
rican writers.—REIcHENBACH, Handbuch, Abt. II, 1853, 153, tab. 
dxiii, figs. 3,563-4.—Bairp, Birds N. Am. 1858, 374, pl. xxxiii, 
fig. 4.—Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 106. 
Sitta melanocephala, Virruu. Gal. I, 1834, 171, pl. elxxi. 
Other figures : Witson, Am. Orn. I, pl. ii, fig. 3.—Avp. Orn. Biog. H, pl. 
152.—Is. B. A. IV, pl. 247. 
Hab. United States and the Provinces; west to valley of the Missouri. 
Smith-|Collec-} Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Colleeted by 
No. No. | Age. : 
26,934 ws ne. Nova Scotia. ee W. Go Wintonee [ho .- sneene 
1,645 mts on Carlisle, Pa. July 11,744.) SF. Baird. ~ | 0) cee 
1,761 se Q a Jan. 1845. i ba ih tian Vda ol 80235 
28,954 | 1,004] .. Washington, D.C. | Oct.15,’60. | E. Coues. §  § | eeanes 
29,952 602 | @ es Oct, 14,761. | D: W. Prentiss. of eo veeceees 
30,996 15) | Ee Oct.-28; "62. | C. BE. Schmidt. > Ul) Teace 
29,785 2 2 Peoria, Ill. ator Bishop: «pee 
8,337 62 | O. Independence, Mo. | June 6, ’57. | W. M. Magraw. Dr. J. G. Cooper. 
6,802 Wed! sae Fort Leavenworth. | Dec. 24,’54.| Lt. Couch. =| __...... 
5,871 23; ¢ East of Fort Riley. | Junel8,’56.| Lt. Bryan. [mond.| W.S. Wood. 
5,871 3. af Fort Riley, Kans. aT Dr. W,.A. Ham= lps phe eece 
(1,645.) 6.08; 10.89; 3.68. (1,761.) 6.00; 11.25; 3.75. (28,954.) 5.90; 11.10; 3.40. (29,252.) 
5.80; 10.90; 3.50. (30,996.) 6.00; 11.00. 
Sitta aculeata. 
Sitta aculeata, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. VIII, Oct. 1856, 254.—Barrp, Birds 
N. Am. 1°58, 375, pl. xxxiii, fig. 3. 
