344 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
FamMity CERTHIIDA. CREEPERS. 
GENUS CERTHIA LINNZ£us. 
Certhia Linnamus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 118. Type, by subs. desig., 
Certhia familiaris LINNm&Us (Gray, 1840). 
Cérthia familidris LinnxUvs. 
RancE.— Greater part of Northern Hemisphere. 
a. [Certhia familiaris familiaris. Extralimital.] 
b. Certhia familiaris americdna Bonaparte. Brown Creeper. [726.] 
Certhia americana BONAPARTE, Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 11. (“‘ West- 
ern [ = eastern] and northern parts” of North America.) 
RanceE.— Eastern North America. Breeds mainly in Canadian and 
Transition zones from southern Manitoba, central Ontario, southern Quebec, 
and Newfoundland south to eastern Nebraska, northern Indiana, northern 
New York, and Massachusetts, and south along the Alleghenies to North 
Carolina, and casually in southeastern Missouri; winters over a large part 
of its breeding range and south to central Texas and northern Florida. 
c. Certhia familiaris albéscens BerterpscH. Mexican Creeper. [726a.] 
Certhia mexicana albescens BERLEPSCH, Auk, V, Oct., 1888, 450. (Ciudad, 
western Durango, Mexico.) 
Rance.— Lower Canadian and Transition zones from southern Arizona 
south to Tepic and Zacatecas, Mexico. 
d. Certhia familiaris montana Ringway. Rocky Mountain Creeper. [726b.] 
Certhia familiaris montana Ripaway, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 
114. (Camp Apache, Arizona.) 
Rance.— Boreal zones from central Alaska (Mt. McKinley), central British 
Columbia, and central Alberta south in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and 
New Mexico; in winter to southeastern California and probably into Mexico. 
e. Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ripaway. California Creeper. [726c.] 
Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ripaway, Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 
115. (Simiahmoo, Washington.) 
Rance.— Pacific coast, in Canadian and Transition zones, from Sitka, 
Alaska, to Santa Cruz Mountains, California. 
