ORDER PASSERES. 305 



[B 2-]T,part, C 2>%,part, R ^\,part, C 57, /a^^.] 



Geog. Dist. — Florida, and northward along the coast to South 

 Carolina. 



728. Sitta canadensis Linn. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta canadensis Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 177. 



[B279, C39, RS2, C S9.J, 



Geog. Dist. — North America at large, breeding from northern 

 New England, northern New York, and northern Michigan north- 

 ward, and southward in the Alleghanies, Rocky Mountains, and 

 Sierra Nevada ; in winter south to about the southern border of the 

 United States. 



729. Sitta pusilla Lath. 



Brown-headed Nuthatch. 



Sitta pusilla Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 1790, 263. 



[B 280, C 40, R S3, C 60.J 



Geog. Dist. — South Atlantic and Gulf States, north to southern 

 Maryland and (casually ? ) Ohio, Missouri, etc. 



730. Sitta pygmsea Vig. 



Pygmy Nuthatch. 



Sitta pygmcea Vig. Zool. Beechey's Voy. 1839, 25, pi. 4. 



[B 281, C 41, R 54, C61.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from New Mexico, Colorado 

 and Montana to southern California, Washington, and eastern 

 British Columbia ; southward in Mexico to Mt. Orizaba. 



730 a. Sitta pygmsea leuconucha Anthony. 

 White-naped Nuthatch. 



Sitta pygmcea leicconucha Anthony, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 2d ser. 

 II. Oct. II, 1889, 77. 



[B 2?,i, part, C s,\,part, R <,^, part, C 6\, partJ] 



Geog. Dist. — San Pedro Mountains, Lower California. 



