304 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



726 c. Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ridgw. 



Californian Creeper. 



\Certhia familiaris\ occidentalis Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 

 July 8, 1882, 114. 



[B 2i^^part, C \2, part, R SS;/'*'"') C 62, part.'] 



Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast, from California to southern Alaska. 



Family FARIDiE. Nuthatches and Tits. 

 Subfamily SITTING. Nuthatches. 



Genus SITTA Linnaeus. 



Sitta Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 115. Type, .S". europcsa Linn. 



727. Sitta carolinensis Lath. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta carolinensis Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 1790, 262. 



[B277, C38, R51, C57.J 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, from Georgia north to the 

 southern British Provinces, and west to the Rocky Mountains. 



727 a. Sitta carolinensis aculeata (Cass.). 



Slender-billed Nuthatch. 



Sitta aculeata Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. Oct. 1856, 254. 

 Sitta carolinensis var. aculeata Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. III. No. 6, 

 July, 1872, 161. 



[B278, C38^, RSi«, C58.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western North America, east to the Plains, and 

 south into Mexico. 



727^. Sitta carolinensis atkinsi Scott. 

 Florida White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta carolinensis atkinsi Scott, Auk, VII. April, 1890, 118. 



