344 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



FAMILY CERTHIID^E. CREEPERS. 



GENUS CERTHIA LINNJETJS. 



Certhia LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 118. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Certhia familiar is LINNAEUS (Gray, 1840). 



CSrthia familiaris LINNAEUS. 

 RANGE. Greater part of Northern Hemisphere. 



a. [Certhia familiaris familiaris. ExtralimitaL] 



/>. Certhia familiaris americana BONAPARTE. Brown Creeper. [726.] 



Certhia americana BONAPARTE, Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 11. ("West- 

 ern [ = eastern] and northern parts" of North America.) 



RANGE. 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 albescens BERLEPSCH. Mexican Creeper. [726a,j 



Certhia mexicana albescens BERLEPSCH, Auk, V, Oct., 1888, 450. (Ciudad, 

 western Durango, Mexico.) 



RANGE. Lower Canadian and Transition zones from southern Arizona 

 south to Tepic and Zacatecas, Mexico. 



d. Certhia familiaris montana RIDGWAY. Rocky Mountain Creeper. [7266.] 



Certhia familiaris montana RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 



114. (Camp Apache, Arizona.) 



RANGE. 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. 



- . Certhia familiaris occidentalis RIDGWAY. California Creeper. [726c.] 

 Certhia familiaris occidentalis RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 



115. (Simiahmoo, Washington.) 



RANGE. Pacific coast, in Canadian and Transition zones, from Sitka, 

 Alaska, to Santa Cruz Mountains, California. 



