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5. Sitta carolinensis nelsoni Meams - - ■**' 



6. Sitta carolinensis mexicana Nelson and Palmer - - ■H^ 



7. Sitta canadensis Linnaeus - '*"" 



8. Sitta pusilla Latham - "^^^ 



9. Sitta pygmsea pygmsea Vigors » - ^56 



10. Sitta pygmsea leuconucha Anthony - - 459 



Family CEETHiiDiE. The Creepers 459 



Genus Certhia LinnaeuS - - 462 



Key to the American Subspecies of Certhia familiaris - - 463 



1. Certhia familiaris americana(Bonaparte) - 464 



2. Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway - 467 



3. Certhia familiaris zelotes Osgood - 468 



4. Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ridgway -■ 470 



5. Certhia familiaris alticola Miller 471 



6. Certhia familiaris albescens ( Berlepsch) 472 



Family Troglodytidje. The Wrens 473 



Key to the Genera of Troglodytidte - 476 



Genus 1. Cistothorus Cabanis 480 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Cistothorus - - 481 



1. Cistothorus stellaris (Lichtenstein) 482 



2. Cistothorus polyglottus elegans (Sclater and Salvin) 484 



3. Cistothorus polyglottus lucidus Ridgway 486 



Genus 2. Telmatodytes Cabanis '. ' 486 



Key to the Subspecies of Telmatodytes ' 488 



4. Telmatodytes palustris paluatris ( Wilson) 489 



5. TelmatoAytes palustris iliacus Ridgway 492 



6. Telmatodytes palustris plesius Oberholser 494 



7. Telmatodytes palustris paludicola ( Baird ) 496 



8. Telmatodytes palustris marianai (Scott) , 497 



9. Telmatodytes palustris thryophilus Oberholser 498 



10. Telmatodytes palustris griaeus ( Brewster) 499 



Genus 3. Heleodytes Cabanis 500 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Heleodytes ' 501 



11. Heleodytes albobrunneus Lawrence 503 



12. Heleodytes chiapensis (Salvin and Godman) ' 504 



1 3. Heleodytes capistratus capistratus ( Lesson ) '504 



14. Heleodytes capistratus nigricaudatus Nelson 506 



15. Heleodytes rufinucha (Lafresnaye) 507 



16. Heleodytes humilis (Sclater) • 508 



17. Heleodytes zonatus zonatus (Lesson) 510 



18. Heleodytes zonatus costaricensis (Berlepsch ) _ 512 



19. Heleodytes zonatus restrictua Nelson _ .:.... ' 51 2 



20. Heleodytes megalopterus (Lafresnaye) _ 513 



21. Heleodytes nelsoni Ridgway _ _ 514 



22. Heleodytes guttatua (Gould) 516 



23. Heleodytes brunneicapillus brunneicapillus (Lafrfsnaye) 51 7 



24. Heleodytes brunneicapillus bryanti Anthony _ 519 



25. Heleodytes brunneicapillus affinia ( Xantus) . . i 520 



26. Heleodytes brunneicapillus obscurus Nelson 521 



27. Heleodytes brunneicapillus couesi (Sharpe) : 522 



28. Heleodytes jocosus (Sclater) _ 524 



29. Heleodytes gularis (Sclater) 526 



Genua 4. Pheugopedius Cabanis, ,,-,,, ,....,., ,_.....,,.., 527 



