470 BTJLLETIlsr 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



CERTHIA FAMILIARIS OCCIDENTALIS Ridgway. 

 TAWNY CREEPER. 



Similar to G. f. zelotes, but browner and more suffused with tawny- 

 above; wing-markings more pronouncedly buff; under parts more 

 buffy (about as in C. f. americand). 



Admit mfflZe.— Length (skins), 116-138 (128.3);" wing, 60-64 (61.9); » 

 tail, 56-67 (61.2);'' exposed culmen, 14-16 (15.2);* tarsus, 14.5-16 

 (15.5);'^ middle toe, 11-12.5 (11.9);* hind claw, 8-9.5 (8.8). » 



Adult fetnale.—ljQ^^'a. (skins), 110-130 (120. .5) ;« wing, 58-62 (60) ;« 

 tail, 53-59 (56.6);" exposed culmen, 12.5-13.5 (12.9); « tarsus, 15-15.5 

 (15.3);'' middle toe, 11.5-12.5 (11.9);'^ hind claw, 8-8.5 (8.2). « 



Humid coast slope, from northern California (Marin County, March; 

 Humboldt Bay, etc.) to southern Alaska (Sitka, Point Gustavus, etc.). 



Certhia familiaris (not of Linnaeus) Ornithological Committee, Joum. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 193 (Columbia E.).— Townsend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., vii, 1839, 155 (Columbia R. ).— CouBS, Check List, 1873, no. 42, part; 

 2d ed., 1882, no. 62, part; Birds N. W., 1874, 26, part; Birds Col. Val., 1878, 

 145, part. — Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., viii, 1883, 323, part (Vancouver 

 I.; British Columbia?). 



[Certhia] familiaris CouEs, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 84, part. 



Clerihia'] familiaris Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 273, part. 



Certhia americana (not of Bonaparte) Baikd, Bep. Pacific E. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 

 372, part (Fort Steilacoom, Washington) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 275, 

 part; Eeview Am. Birds, 1864, 89, part (Simiahmoo and Fort Steilacoom, 

 Washington). — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 235 (Vancouver I.). — 

 Cooper and Suckley, Eep. Pacific E. E. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 192 (Fort 

 Steilacoom, Washington; Oregon). — Brown, Ibis, 1868,42 (Vancouver I.). 



Certhia familiaris, var. americana, Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 125, part. 



Certhia familiaris mexicana (not Certhia mexicana Gloger) Eidgway, Proc. XJ. S. 

 Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 169, part; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 55a, 

 part. 



[Certhia familiaris'] occidentalis Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, July 8,1882, 

 115 (Simiahmoo, Washington; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Certhia familiaris ocddentalis Eidgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, Oct., 1882, 

 257, part. — Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 43, part (w. side Cas- 

 cades, incl. Vancouver I.) . — Lawrence (E. H.), Auk, ix, 1892, 47 (Grays 

 Harbor and East Humptulips, Washington; resident?). — Palmer (T. S.), 

 Auk, ix, 1892, 310 (Aberdeen, Washington, Aug.) — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 2ded., 1895, no. 726c, part. — Grinnell (J.), Auk, 

 XV, 1898, 130 (Sitka, Alaska, breeding); Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 

 70.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1900, 153, part (coast British 

 Columbia). — Osgood, North Am. Fauna, no. 21, 1901, 50 (Queen Charlotte 

 Islands).— Rathbun (S. F.), Auk, xix, 1902, 139 (Seattle, Washington, 

 resident). 



« Three specimens. " Four specimens. « Six specimens. 



& Eight specimens. <i Seven specimens. 



