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Family SITTID^. Nuthatches. 



SITTA LINN.EUS. 



341. Slender-billed Nuthatch. 



Sitta carolinensis aculeata (Cass.). 



Common east of Cascades, from Ashcroft south through the Okanagan. I 

 found it quite common near Shuswap, May, 1895. 



342. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta canadensis (Linn.). 



Common east and west of Cascades. Found throughout the winter on 

 Vancouver Island. 



343. Pygmy Nuthatch. 



Sitta 2)ygmaia (ViG.). 



East of Cascades, in the south-eastern portions of the Province. I found 

 it fairly common at Grand Prairie, May, 1895. 



Family PARID^. Titmice or Chickadees. 

 PARUS LiNN^us. 



344. Long-tailed Chickadee. 



Parus atr'icajnllus septenlrionalis (Harris.). 

 Common east of Cascades, from Cornwall's south to Okanagan. 



345. Oregon Chickadee. 



Parus atricapillus occidentalis (P>aird.). 

 A common resident west of Cascades. 



346. Mountain Chickadee. 



Parus gamheli (Ridgw.). 

 East of Cascades to Rocky Mountains, and south through Okanagan. 



347. Columbia Chickadee. 



Parus hudsonicus cohcmbianus (Rhoads). 



East of Cascades to Rocky Mountains, from Cassiar District south to 

 Okanagan. 



