ORDER PASSERES. 331 



726 a. Certhia familiaris mexicana (GLOG.). 



Mexican Creeper. 



Certhia mexicana GLOG. Handb. 1834, 381. 



Certhia familiaris var. mexicana B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. I. 1874, 

 128. 



[B 276, C , R 55 a, C .] 



HAB. Guatemala, Mexico, and Southern Arizona. 



FAMILY PARIDJE. NUTHATCHES AND TITS. 

 SUBFAMILY SITTING. NUTHATCHES. 



GENUS SITTA LINN^US. 

 Sitta LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 115. Type, S. eiiropaa LINN. 



727. Sitta carolinensis LATH. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta carolinensis LATH. Ind. Orn. I. 1790, 262. 

 [6277, C 3 8, R 5 i, C 57 .] 



HAB. Southern British Provinces and Eastern United States to the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



727 a. Sitta carolinensis aculeata (CASS.). 



Slender-billed Nuthatch. 



Sitta aculeata CASS. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. Oct. 1856, 254. 

 Sitta canadensis var. aculeata ALLEN, Bull. M. C. Z. III. No. 6, July, 

 1872, 161. 



[6278, C 380, R 51 a, 58.] 



HAB. Western North America, east to the Plains, and south into 

 Mexico. 



728. Sitta canadensis LINN. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta canadensis LINN. S. N. ed. 12, 1. 1766, 177. 



