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Certhia americana BONAPARTE, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 11. 

 Certhia familiaris var. americana RIDGWAY, Bull. Essex Inst., V, 1873, 



180. 

 Popular synonym: AMERICAN TBEE CREEPER. 



The Brown Creeper is a common migrant, and an occasional 

 winter resident within our limits at Millers, Indiana, where it 

 finds shelter in the heavy growth of pines among the sand hills. 

 The majority of these birds arrive, in the spring, early in April 

 and remain until about the middle of May. They return, in the 

 fall, the latter part of September and the first half of October. 

 Regarding the Brown Creeper, Mr. E. W. Nelson said (1876) : 

 "Common winter resident, arriving October 1st and remaining 

 until May loth. Particularly abundant the first two weeks of 

 October and of April, when they frequent the streets of Chicago 

 in large numbers, industriously searching the rough brick walls 

 for the small spiders which they find in abundance in the numer- 

 ous crevices." 



The range of the Brown Creeper covers eastern North Amer- 

 ica, from the Gulf of Mexico northward. It breeds from the 

 northern and more elevated portions of the United States north- 

 ward, and casually further south. It winters in the southern 

 portion of its range. 



FAMILY SITTID2E: NUTHATCHES. 

 Genus SITTA Linnaeus, 1758. 



Sitta carolinensis Latham. White-breasted Nuthatch 

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

 Popular synonyms : WHITE-BELLIED NUTHATCH. TOMTIT. BLUE SAP- 

 SUCKER. 



The White-breasted Nuthatch is a not uncommon resident in 

 the northern portion of our area. It is, however, more abundant 

 during its migrations. The majority of these Nuthatches arrive, 

 in the spring, early in April, and depart, in the fall, during the 

 month of October. 



The range of this species covers the United States, east of 

 the Rocky Mountains, and from the British Possessions (New 

 Brunswick and Ontario) southward to the Gulf States and Texas. 

 It is a resident species nearly throughout its range. 



Sitta canadensis Linnaeus. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta canadensis LINN^US, S. N., ed. 12, I, 1766, 177. 

 Popular synonyms: RED-BELLIED NUTHATCH. CANADA NUTHATCH. 

 SAPSUCKER. 



