CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 377 



Family CERTHIIDAE Creepers 

 361 (726) Brown creeper 



Certhia familiaris fusca (Barton) 1 



Family PAR! DAE Nuthatches and tits 

 362 (727) White-breasted nuthatch 

 Sitta carolinensis Lath. 



363 (728) Red-breasted nuthatch 

 Sitta canadensis Linn. 



364 (729) Brown-headed nuthatch 1 

 Sitta pusilla Lath. 



1 Oberholser has recently shown that this name is untenable and that the former c. f. ameri- 

 cana (Bonap.) must be restored. See Auk, 16: 185. 



2 One New York record. See Auk, 1888, 5:432. 



