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Family CERT1IIIDJE. — Creepers. 
Genus Certhia, Linnaeus. 
22. C. familiaris rufa (Bartr.) Ridgw. American Brown Creeper. Chiefly 
transient; winter sojourner southward; possibly breeding northward. 
Family TROGLODYTIDiE. — Wrens. 
Genus Thryothorus, Vieillot. 
*23. T. ludovidianus (Gm.) Bp. Great Carolina Wren. Resident and 
abundant southward; “ rare summer visitant ” northward (Nelson). 
Genus Thryomanes, Sclater. 
*24. T. bewicki (Aud.) Baird. Bewick’s Wren. In southern counties 
abundant and resident, being the common, and in many localities the only, 
“ house wren.” More rare, and merely summer resident, northward. 
Genus Troglodytes, Vieillot. 
*25. T. aedon, Vieill. House Wren. Northern and central portions. Ap- 
parently entirely absent in many localities southward, where replaced by 
Bewick’s Wren. 
25a. T. aedon parkmanni (Aud.) Coues. Parkmann’s Wren. [Several speci- 
mens, from Hyde Park, in the collection of Mr. H. K. Coale, of Chicago, appear 
to be indistinguishable from typical examples of this western race.] 
Genus Anorthura, Rennie. 
26. A. troglodytes hy emails (Vieill.) Coues. Winter Wren. Winter so- 
journer. 
Genus Telmatodytes, Cabanis. 
*27. T. palustris (Wils.) Baird. Long-billed Marsh Wren. Resident 
(occasionally, at least) southward; summer sojourner northward. 
Genus Cistothorus, Cabanis. 
*28. C. stellaris (Licht.) Caban. Short-billed Marsh Wren. Summer 
sojourner northward; resident in southern counties. Frequents chiefly the 
prairie sloughs, but nearly everywhere much rarer than the preceding. 
Family MOTACILLID^E. — Wagtails and Titlarks. 
Genus Anthus, Bechstein. 
29. A. ludovicianus (Gmel.) Licht. American Titlark. Transient visitor; 
sometimes winter sojourner southward. 
Family MNIOTILTID^E. — American Warblers. 
Genus Mniotilta, Vieillot. 
*30. M. varia (Linn.) Vieill. Black and White Creeper. Summer sojourner. 
