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Funiily CERTHIID^. —Creepers. 



Genus Certiiia, Linnicus. 



22. C. familiai-is ritfa (Bartr.) Ridgw. American Brown Creeper. Chiefly 

 transient; winter sojourner southward; possibly breeding northward. 



Family TROGLODYTID^.— Wrens. 

 Genus Thryothokus, Vieillot. 



*23. T. ludovicianiis (Gni.) Bp. ' Great Carolina Wren. Resident and 



abundant southward; " rare summer visitant " northward (Nelson). 



Genus TiiRYOJrANES, Sclater. 



*24. T. hewicki (Aud.) Baird. Bewick's Wren. In southern counties 

 abundant and resident, being the common, and in many localities the only, 

 "house wren." More rare, and merely summer resident, northward. 



Genus Troglodytes, Vieillot. 



// *25. T. aedon,Yiei\L House Wren. Northern and central portions. Ap- 

 parently entirely absent in many localities southward, where replaced by 

 Bewick's Wren. 



25rt. T.aedon parkmanni [And.) Coues, Parkmann's Wren. [Several speci- 

 mens, from Hyde Park, in the collection of Mr. H. K. Coale, of Chicago, appear 

 to be indistinguishable from typical examples of this western race.] 



Genus Anortiiura, Rennie. 



26. A . troglodytes %emffiKs (Vieill.) Coues. Winter Wren. Winter so- 

 journer. 



Genus Telhatodytes, Cabanis. 



*27. T.ixilustris (Wils.) Baird. Long-billed Marsh Wren. Resident 

 (occasionally, at least) southward; summer sojourner northward. 



Genus Cistotiiorus, Cabanis. 



*28. C. stellaris (Licht.) Caban. Short-billed Marsh Wren. Summer 

 sojourner northward; resident in southern counties. Frequents chiefly the 

 praiiie sloughs, but nearly everywhere much rarer than the preceding. 



Family MOTACILLID^.— Wagtails and Titlarks. 

 Genus Anthus, Bechstein. 



29. A. ludovickmus [G:m.Q\.)lAch.i. American Titlark. Transient visitor; 

 sometimes winter sojourner southward. 



Family MNIOTILTID^.— American Warblers. 

 Genus Mniotilta, Vieillot. 

 *30. 3/. rarm (Linn.) Vieill. Black and White Creeper. Summer sojourner. 



