BIRDS OF NOKTH AND MIDDLE AMERIOA. 455 



Texas (Jasper, Tyler, Montgomerj^, and Rockland counties); north- 

 ward, irregularly or casually, to New York (Elmira), Ohio, southern 

 Michigan (Locke, Ingham County), Missouri (St. Louis, two speci- 

 mens), and Arkansas (Newport, Jackson County); Bahamas (Great 

 Bahama Island). 



{Siita europaea] S. Gmelin, Syst., Nat., i, 1788, 440 (cites Sitta carolinensis minor 

 Brisson, Orn., iii, 598, pi. 5, etc.). 



\_8itta] pusilla Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 263 (based on Sitta carolinensis minor 

 Brisson, Orn., iii, 598, pi., 5; Le Petit sittelle A t&le hrune Daubenton, PL EnL, 

 V, pi. 314; Least Nuthatch. Latham, Synopsis Birds, ii, 651 0., etc.). 



Sitta pusilla Wilson, Am. Orn., ii, 1810, 105, pi. 15, fig. 2. — Vieillot, Nouv. 

 Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxxi, 1819, 335.— Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ii, 1826, 

 97.— Lesson, Traits d'Orn., 1831, 316.— Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., 

 i, 1832, 584.— Audubon, Orn. Biog., ii, 1834, 151, pi. 125; Synopsis, 1839, 168; 

 Birds Am., oct. ed., iv, 1842, 181, pi. 249.— Swainson, Classif. Birds, 1837, 

 318. — BoNAPAETE, Consp. Ay., i, 1850, 227. — Eeichenbach, Handb., Scans., 

 1853, 153, pi. 514, figs. 3567-8.— Baied, Eep. Pacific E. E. Surv., ix., 1858, 

 377; Oat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 280; Eeview Am. Birds, 1864, 88.— Scla- 

 TEE, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 15 (South Carolina); Ibis, 1865, 311 (South Car- 

 • olina, Georgia). — Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ii, 1871, 265 (e. Florida). — 

 CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 40; 2d ed., 1873, no. 60. — Baied, Beeweb, and 

 EiDGWAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i., 1874, 122, pi. 8, fig. 9; iii, 1874, 502 (Aiken, 

 South Carolina; descr. young). — Beown (N. C), Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 

 1878, 171 (Coosada, Alabama; habits; notes; descr. nest and eggs). — 

 Wheaton, Birds of Ohio, 1879, 226 (n. Ohio, 1 spec; Locke, Ingham Co., 

 Michigan, 1 spec.).— Widmann, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 191 (St. Louis, 

 Missouri, May 6, 1878; second spec). — Eidgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, 

 no. 58.— Bebwstee, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 98 (St. Marys, Georgia; 

 habits). — Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., viii, 1883, 356. — American Oeni- 

 THOLOGisTs' TJnion, Check List, 1886, no. 729. — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. 

 Val., 1888, 276 (Newport, Arkansas; St. Louis, Missouri; Ohio, accidental). — 

 Swift, Auk, v, 1888, 432 (near Elmira, New York, 1 spec. May 24, 1888).— 

 LooMis, Auk, vii, 1890, 130 (Pickens Co., South Carolina, up to 2,000 ft.).— 

 Coey, Auk, viii, 1890, 350 (Great Bahama I., Bahamas); Cat. W. I. Birds, 

 1892, 120 (Great Bahama).— Beyer, Proc. Louisiana Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 

 (1900), 43 (resident). 



/S[ttta] pusilla Bonapaete, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1824, 26.— Coues, Key 

 N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 271.— Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 560. 



Slittal pusilla pusilla Bangs, Auk, xv, Apr., 1898, 181, footnote. — Hellmayh, 

 Tierreich, 18 Lief., 1903, 189. 



Sitta minor Bechstein, Lathams Uebers., V8g., i, 1793, p. 533, footnote in text 

 (based on Sitta europaea S Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i, 440). 



S[ilta] minor SucKow, Auf. Naturg. des Thiers, ii, pt. i, 1800, 564. 



Sitta pusilla caniceps Bangs, Auk, xv, Apr. 1898, 180 (Clear Water, Hillsboro Co., 

 Florida; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs). 



Slittal pusilla caniceps Hellmaye, Tierreich, 18 Lief., Mar., 1903, 190. 



