LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 385 



FAMILY CERTHHD^E. Creepers. 



A. o. u. GENUS CERTHIA. LINN. 



NO. 



546 (726) CERTHIA FAMILIARIS AMERICANA. (BONAP.) Brown Creeper. 



Whole of North America to the limit of large timber ; breeds from 

 northern border of United States, northward. 



FAMILY PARID/E. Nuthatches and Tits. 



Subfamily SITTING. Nuthatches. 



GENUS SITTA. LINN. 



547 (727) SITTA CAROLINENSIS. LATH. White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Eastern United States ; from Georgia north to the southern British 

 Provinces, and west to the Rocky Mountains. 



548 (727a) Sitta carolinensis afkinsi. (Scon.) Florida White-breasted Nuthatch. 



South Carolina to Florida ; differs in being somewhat smaller ; the wing 

 coverts usually not tipped with white. 



549 (728) SITTA CANADENSIS. LINN. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



" Whole of North America ; breeding chiefly north of the United States, 

 except in western mountainous districts ; eastern United States 

 chiefly in winter." RIDGWAY. 



550 (729) SITTA PUSILLA. LATH. Brown-headed Nuthatch. 



4 ' South Atlantic and Gulf States ; north to southern Maryland and 

 (casually) Ohio, Missouri, etc." (A. O. U.) 



Subfamily PARING. Titmice. 

 GENUS PARUS. LINN. 



SUBGENUS LOPHOPHANES. KAUP. 



551 (731) PASUS BICOLOR. (LINN.) Tufted Titmouse. 



Eastern United States ; from New Jersey and southern New England to 

 the Gulf. 



SUBGENUS PARUS. LINX. 



552 (735) PARUS ATRICAPILLUS, (Lnw.) Chickadee. 



" Eastern North America, north of the Potomac and Ohio Valley." 

 (A. O. U.) 



553 (736) PARUS CAROLINENSIS. ORD. Carolina Chickadee. 



"Southeastern States; north to New Jersey and Illinois, west to 

 Missouri." (A. O. U.) 



554 (740) PARUS HUDSONICUS. FOBST. Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Northern North America ; from Northern New England and Michigan, 

 northward. 



