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Certhia famUiaris, fi. americana Bidgway, Field and Forest, May, 1877, 196 

 (Colorado). 



Certhia mexicana (not of Gloger) Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 74 (Montana). 



Certhia famUiaris fusca (not Certhia fusca Barton) Eidgway, Bull. Essex Inst., 

 vii, Jan., 1875, 32 (Wasatch Mts., Utah). 



[^Certhia famUiaris'] montana Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, July 8, 1882, 114 

 (Apache, Arizona; Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Certhia famUiaris montana Eidgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, Oct., 1882, 257. — 

 Allen and Bkewstee, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 154 (Colorado 

 Springs, Colorado, Apr. 7).— Meakns, Auk, vii, 1890, 262 (Mogollon Mts., 

 Arizona, breeding from 6,500 ft. upward). — Lowe, Auk, xi, 1894, 270 (Wet 

 Mts., Colorado, breeding at 10,000 ft). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check List., 2d ed., 1895, no. 726 6.— Cooke, Bull. 37, Col. State Agric. 

 Coll., 1897, 121 (Colorado, resident; in winter, 7,000-9,000 ft.).— Merrill 

 (J. C. ), Auk, XV, 1898, 20 (Fort Sherman, Idaho, winter and spring). — 

 Mitchell, Auk, xv, 1898, 311 (San Miguel Co., New Mexico, breeding from 

 7,000 ft. to timber line).— Osgood, N. Am. Fauna, no. 21, 1901, 80 (Hope 

 and Tyonek, Cook Inlet, Alaska). 



Clerthia] famUiaris montana Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 558, footnote. — 

 Hartert, Novit. Zool., iv, 1897, 139 (crit. ). — Hellmayr, Tierreich, 18. Lief., 

 1903, 211. 



Clerthia] flamiliaris'] montana Osgood, Auk, xviii, 1901, 183 (diagnosis; range). — 

 Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 451. 



Certhia montana ReichDnow and Schalow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 419 (reprint of 

 orig. descr.). 



CERTHIA FAMILIARIS ZELOTES Osgood. 

 CALIFORNIA CKEEPER, 



Similar to O. f. montana^ but decidedly darker and browner above, 

 with tawny of rump deeper and whitish streaks narrower, especially 

 on pileum; superciliary stripe narrower, less purely white; under 

 parts duller white; averaging decidedly smaller, except bill and feet. 

 Advlt maZ«.— Length (skins), 120-131 (128.8); wing, 62-67 (63.6); 

 tail, 58-64.5 (60.8); exposed culmen, 15-lY (16.2); tarsus, 14.5-15.5 

 (15.1); middle toe, 11-12 (11.3); hind claw, 7.5-9 (8.1).« 



Advlt female. — Length (skins), 115-130 (122.1); wing, 58.5-63 

 (60.4); tail, 62.5-60 (67.2); exposed culmen, 14-17 (14.7); tarsus, 14.5- 

 15.5 (14.9); middle toe, 10-11.6 (11); hind claw, 7-8 (7.6).* 



California, except northern coast district, through central Oregon 



(Portland, Fort Klamath, etc.) and Washington to central British 



Columbia (Nelson, Mount Lehman, Ducks, etc.), -breeding southward 



to Mount Whitney, Tejon Mountains, and mountains of Los Angeles 



County; northward along or near coast to Marin County, California. 



Certhia famUiaris (not of Linnseus) Woodhouse, in Rep. Sitgreaves' Expl. Zuni 



and Col. R., 1853, 66, part (California).— Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soc, N. H., 



xvii, 1875, 343 (California). 



[Certhia'] famUiaris OouES, Key N. Amer. Birds, 1872, 84, part. 



a Ten specimens. !> Eight specimens. 



