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Family CERTHIID^E. Creepers. 

 Genus CERTHIA Linna?us. 



302. (726). Certbia familiaris americana (Bonat).). Brown 

 Creeper. 



Common in migrations, quite common summer resident of the 

 Canadian fauna, and some winters it also occurs. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "'common migrant" (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, "breeds at Houlton and Fort Fairfield'' (Batchelder, Bull. 

 Xutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 109) ; Cumberland, "common migrant" 

 (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare summer resident" (Swain) ; Keuuebec, "quite 

 common resident" (Powers); Knox, "migrant" (Rackliff); Oxford, 

 "common, breeds" (Xash) ; Penobscot, "summer resident and have seen 

 it also in February" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "some years resident" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common migrant" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "com- 

 mon resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "not very 

 common, breeds'' (Boardman) ; York, fairly common vernal migrant" 

 (Adams). 



Family PARID^K. Nuthatches and Tits. 



Subfamily SITTING. Nuthatches. 



Genus SITTA Linnaeus. 



303. (727). Sitta carolineiisis Lath. White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch. 



Common and of general occurrence in migrations, also less 

 abundant as a permanent resident. 



County Records. Audroscoggin, "fairly common resident" (Call) ; 

 Aroostook, "occurs at Houlton" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 Vol. 7, p. 109) ; Cumberland, "common resident" (Mead) ; "uncommon 

 in migrations and winter" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 5) ; 

 Franklin, "common resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "summer resident" 

 (Murch) ; Kennebec, "quite common resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; 

 Kuox, "rare migrant" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "breeds"' (Xash) ; Peuobscot, 

 MTV common migrant, rare in summer and exceedingly so in winter" 

 (Knight); Piscataquis, "common resident" (Homer); Sagadahoc, 

 f Spratt) ; Somerset, "not common resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; 

 Washington, "rare, breeds*' (Boardman) ; York, "not very common'' 

 (Adams). 



304. (728). Sitta canadensis Linn. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Resident within the Canadian fauna, slightly more abundant in 

 summer. Elsewhere chiefly occurs as a migrant and winter resi- 

 dent, common. 



