146 CHARACTERS OF CERTHIA FAMILIAEIS 



Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. xi. 1859, 107.— 5rf. PZS. 1859, 235.— ffereTie)-. PRRR. x. 1859, 

 Whlpple'fl Route, Birds, 26.— flecrm. PRRR. Jt. 1859, Williamson'n Route, Bird.l, 42.— 

 Coop Sf Sfickl. NHWr. 1860, ISi.—Bnrn. Smiths. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 437.— Sc?. CAB. 



1861, 15.—Boiirdm. Pr. Boat. Soo. ix. 1862, 126.— 0OMes (( Prent. .Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 



1862, 410.— Verr. Pr. Ess. Inst. iii. 1862, li<i.—Bd. RAB. 1864, 89.— Allen, Pr. Ess. 

 Inxt. iv. 1864, 68.— Hoy, Smiths. Rep. for 1864, 1865, iii.— Hamlin, Pr. Post. Soc. x. 1865, 

 80 (habits).— AfcflKir. Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1866, m.—Coues, Pr. Phlla. Acad, xyiii. 1866, 79 

 (Arizona).— L(t*r. Ana. Lye. N.Y.Yiii. 1868, 28!.— Ooaes, Pr.Bost.Soc.xii. 1868, 108.— OoMS, 

 Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, i~9.— Bromn, Ibis, 2d ser. iv. 1868, 42 (Vancouver).- (7oop. Am. 

 Nat. iii. 1869, 2S6.— Abbott, Am. Nat. iv. 1870, 543.— ^64o«, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 367.— 

 Trippe, Pr. Best. Soo. xv. 1873, 236.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 6.—Merriam, Am. Nat. vi|j. 

 1874, 8.—lBrm. Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1875, 439. 



Certhiafamiliarisvar. americana, Ridgw. Bull. Ess. Inst. v. 1873, 180 (Colorado).- B. B. SfR. 

 NAB. i. 1874, 125, figs. pi. 8, f. \\!—Hinsh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 41,73.— HmsA. ListB. 

 Ariz. 1875, 155.—Hensh. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid. 1876, 177. 



Certhla mcxicana, Bd. BNA. 1858, 372, 923 (in part ; refers to western United States speci- 

 mens).— FeiZ/ier, Smiths. Rep. for 1864, 1865, 425.— Ooo^. Am. Nat. iii. 1869, H.—Coop. 

 • B. Cal. i. 1870, 58, fig. (Not of Gloger.) 



European Creeper, Fenn. AZ. ii. 178.5, 285, no. 174 (in part), 



Grimpereau commun, Le M. Ois. Canad. 1861, 236. 



Creeper, Tree Creeper, Brown Creeper, Common Creeper, American Creeper, Vnlg. 



var. mexicana 



Certbia mexicana, "Glower."— Reich. " Hdbh. i. 1853, 265, pi. dlxii. f. 3841, 3842 ••.—Scl. PZS. 

 1856, 290 (Ranches de Suapam).— Bii, BN'A. ed. of 1860, pi. 83, f. 2 Olexico).— ScZ. PZS. 

 1858, 297 (Parada).— Sci. PZS. 1859, 362 (Xalapa), 372 (Oaxaca).— Xaiii. Pr. Phila. Acad, 

 xi. 1859, 191 (California).— Srf. RAG. 1864, 90.— Salv. Ibia, 2d ser. ii. 1866, 190 (Guate- 

 mala). — Sumich. Mem. Bost. Soc. i. 1869, 544 (Vera Cruz). 



Certliia americana var. mexicana, (?) Dress. Ibis, 2d ser. i. 1865, 485 (Southern Texas). 



Certlila familiaris Mr. mexicana, B. B. Sf R. nab. i. 1874; 128. 



Hab. — Temperate North America, in wooded regions. 



Ch. sp. — S 2 Fusca, albido striata, uropygio rvfescente, infra 

 albida; alls albido variegatis, ritfo albidoque bifasciatis. 



$ 9 : Tipper parts dark brown, changing to rusty-brown on the ramp, 

 everywhere streaked with ashy-white. This coloration descends to the sides 

 of the head. An obscure whitish superciliary strijje. Under parts dull 

 whitish, sometimes tinged with rusty on the flanks and crissum, Wing- 

 coverts and quills tipped with white, the inner secondaries also with white 

 shaft-lines, which, with the tips, contrast with the blackish of their outer 

 webs. Wings also twice crossed with white or tawny-white, the anterior 

 bar broad and occupying both webs of the feathers, the other only on the 

 onter webs near their ends. Tail grayish-brown, immaculate, darki-r along 

 the shaft, and at the ends of the feathers, sometimes showing obsolete trans- 

 verse bars. Bill blackish above, mostly flesh-colored or yellowish below ; 

 feet brown. Length, 5J-5|- ; extent, 7^-8 ; wing, 2|, more or less ; tail usu- 

 ally a little longer than the wing, sometimes not so, 2^ to nearly 3 inches. 

 9 averaging smaller than $ . 



Of late years, the American Creeper has been very generally separated 

 from the European under the name of C. americana ; but this term, which 

 Bonaparte proposed in 1838, is anticipated by Professor Barton's /usca (1799), 

 which is in turn antedated by Bartram's rufa (1791). It appears, however, 

 that the bird is not fairly separable from C. familiaris ; the various marks 

 of distinction which have been adduced do not prove constant, and, more- 



