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f. Certhia familiaris zel6tes Oscoop. Sierra Creeper. [726d.] 
Certhia familiaris zelotes Oscoop, Auk, XVIII, April, 1901, 182. (Battle 
Creek, Tehama Co., California.) 
RanGe.— Canadian and Transition zones from the Cascade Mountains of 
Oregon and the Sierra Nevada of California south to San Jacinto Mountains, 
spreading into adjacent valleys in winter. 
FamiILy SITTIDA. NuvTHATCHES. 
Genus SITTA Linnzxts. 
Sitta Linnzus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10,1, 1758,115. Type, by monotypy, Sitta 
europea LINNEUS. 
Sitta carolinénsis LATHAM. 
Rance.— Temperate North America south (in mountains) to 
Lower California and central and southern Mexico. 
a. Sitta carolinensis carolinensis LarHam. White-breasted Nuthatch. [727.] 
Sitta carolinensis LATHAM, Index Orn., I, 1790, 262. (Carolina.) 
Ranae.— North America east of the Plains. Breeds in Canadian, Transi- 
tion, and Upper Austral zones from northern Minnesota, central Ontario, 
southern Quebec, and Newfoundland south to the northern parts of the 
Gulf States; casual in Keewatin. 
b. Sitta carolinensis aculedta Cassin. Slender-billed Nuthatch. [727a.] 
Sitta aculeata Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 254. (California.) 
Ranae.— Pacific coast region. Breeds mainly in Transition Zone from 
southern British Columbia to northern Lower California and from the Pacific 
coast east to the Cascades and Sierra Nevada. 
c. Sitta carolinensis Atkinsi Scorr. Florida White-breasted Nuthatch. 
[727b.] 
Sitta carolinensis atkinsi Scorr, Auk, VII, April, 1890, 118. (Tarpon 
Springs, Florida.) 
RanGeE.— Breeds in Lower Austral Zone from Mississippi eastward along the 
Gulf coast to Florida. 
