174 



zooi.ocv— i!ii;i)S. 



tSilta carolinensis var. aciilcata, Allien, Bull. Mns. Comp. Zniil., 1872, 174 (inountaiiisof 

 Colorado). — CoiKa, Koy N. A. Birds, ]«7l,', 8:5. — Yauroav & IIknshaw, Hep. 

 Orii. Spi'cs., 1871?, Whfclei's Exped., 1874, 8. — IIK^SUA^V, An. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874.— irf., An. List Birds Utali, 1872, WlnHlei's E.xped., 

 1874, 40.— 7f/., l{op. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wlieelci's Esi)ed., 1874, 73, 100. — Bd., 

 Brew., & HiDG., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 117. — Allkn, I'loc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hi.st., June, 1874, 19. — (JoUES, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., Birds Northwest, 

 1874, 24. 



This Niitliiitcli is an abimdiuit resident tliroughout the extensive pine 

 woo<l.s of the Wi'st, following them in their n})ward range on the mountains 

 to nearly or (juite tlieir limit. Like its eastern representative, it is found 

 frecpienting many of the deciduous trees, though it evinces a more marked 

 predilection for the pines. Its habits and notes are so similar to those of 

 the eastern bird that a history of the one woidd answer perfectly wi-ll for 

 the otlier. 



SITTA CANADENSIS, L. 

 Rctl-bellio<l ]\iithatch. 



tSiltd <((iia<hnsis, LiNN., Syst. Nat., i, 17(56, 177. — Bd., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857-.'">8, pt. iv, 

 a.— III., Birds N. A., 1858, 370.- Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 18.')!), 

 107 (New .Mexico).— Coor. & Suckl., P. K. P. Pep., xii, pt. ii, 1800, 1!>2.— 

 Hayd., Trans. Philo. Soc. Phila., xii, 1802, 104.— Bd., Kev. Am. Birds, i, 

 1804, 87. — CouES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1800, 7'.). — Coopek, Birds 

 Cal., i, 1870, 54.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 404.— Snow, Birds 

 Kan., 1872, !).— CouES, Key N. A. liirds, 1872, 83, f. 27.— Bn., Brew., & 

 RiDC, N. A. Birds., i, 1874, 118, pi. viii, f. 7. — Hensuaw, Hep- <^>'''>- Si)ec.s., 

 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 73.— CouES, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., Birds 

 Northwest, 1874, 25. 



The Red-bellied Nuthatch appears to be of rather uncoimnon occur- 

 rence in the far West. It was not detected by our parties in Utah, though 

 found by ilr. Ridgwav in the Wahsatch Mountains in June, where he 

 states it was not common. In the pine woods near Fort Garland, Southern 



( 'dlorado, 1 found it liivcding in .June, and, though k'S.s al)undant tluni cithci' 



