AVES. 211 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



CERTHIIDAE. 



384. Certhia familiaris Americana (Bonaparte) Ridgway. 

 Brown creeper; Tree creeper. 



Certhia americana Bonap., Geogr. and comparative list birds 

 Europe and No. Amer., 1838, p. 11. "Western and northern 

 parts" of No. America. 



Certhia familiaris Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, p. 

 109, pi. 115. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 2, fig. 10. 



Cool mixed or coniferous woods in summer, tree growth gener- 

 ally at other seasons ; nests behind loose flake of bark. 



Me. — ■ Common migrant, less common summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, May 31-June 23. 



N. H. — Resident, breeding locally south of White Mts., and 

 more commonly north. Eggs, May. 



Vt. — Common migrant and winter resident; uncommon local 

 summer resident. 



Mass. — Common migrant and winter resident; less common 

 summer resident in western part, but rare and local in eastern 

 swamps (to Taunton). Sept. 12-May 8; summer. Eggs, May 

 6-23. 



R. I. — Common migrant and winter resident. Sept. 2-April 26. 



Conn. — Common migrant and winter resident; rare summer 

 resident. Late Sept. -late April (summer). 



SITTIDAE. 



385. Sitta carolinensis Latham. 

 White-breasted nuthatch; Sapsucker. 



Lath., Index ornith., 1790, vol. 1, p. 262. "in America, Jamaica; 

 Europaea minor." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 4, p. 

 175, pi. 247. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 2, fig. 8. 



Orchards, shade and forest trees ; nests in holes in trees or stumps. 



