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FAMILY CERTHIID>e. Creepers. 



A o " Genls CERTHIA. Linn. 



NO. 



546 (72(;) CERTHIA FAMILIARIS AMERICANA. (Bonap.) Brown Creeper. 



Whole of North Americii to the Ihiiit of large tiinlirr; hreods from 

 northern border of United States, northward. 



FAMILY PARID/E. Nuthatches and Tits. 



Subfamily SITTIN/G. Nuthatches. 



Genls 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 caroUnensis atkinsi. (Scott.) Florida AVhite-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. 



"South Atlantic and Gulf States; north to southern Maryland and 

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



Subfamily PARIN.^. 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. Linn. 



552 (730) PARUS ATRICAPILLUS. (Linn.) Chickadee. 



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

 (A. O. U.) 



553 (736) PARUS CAROLINENSIS. Ori>. Carolina Chickadee. 



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

 Missouri." (A. O. U.) 



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



Northern North America ; from Northern New England and Michigan, 

 northward. 



