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CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B279, C39, R52»C59] 



Hab. North America at large, breeding mostly north of the United 

 States, migrating south in winter. 



729. Sitta pusilla Lath. 



Browii-headed Nuthatch. 



Sitta pusilla Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 1790, 263. 



[B 280, C 40, R 53, C 60.] 



Hab. South Atlantic and Gulf States; casual (?) in Ohio, Michigan, 

 Missouri, etc. 



730. Sitta pygmasa Vig. 



I*ygn»y Nuthatch. 



Sitla pygmcea Vig. Zool. Beechey's Voy. 1839, 25, pi. 4. 



[B 281, C 41, R 54, C 61.] 



Hab. Western United States, from New Mexico and Colorado to 

 Southern California and Washington Territory. 



Subfamily PARIN.^. Titmice. 

 Genus FARUS Linnaeus. 



Subgenus LOPHOPHANES Kaup. 



LophopJianes Kaup, Entw. Gesch. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 92. Type, 

 Pants cr is tat us Linn. 



731. Farus bicolor Linn. 



Tufted Titmouse. 



Par us bicolor Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 340. 



[B285, C27, R36, C40.] 



Hab. Eastern United States to the Plains, but rare towards the 

 northern border, being a straggler merely to Southern New England. 



732. Fams atricristatus Cass. 



Black-crested Titmouse. 



Partis air icristatu'. Cass. Pr. Ac Nat. Sci. Phila. i?5o, 103, pi. 2. 



