697. =American pipit.= ANTHUS PENSILVANICUS. Common summer resident; breeds only on summits of the mountains.
701. =American dipper.= CINCLUS MEXICANUS. Resident; common in favorite localities; one seen above timber-line in October.
702. =Sage thrasher.= OROSCOPTES MONTANUS. Summer resident; breeds from plains to nearly 10,000 feet; western species, coming east to mountain slopes.
703. =Mocking-bird.= MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS. Summer resident; common locally; mostly on plains, but sometimes reaches 8,000 feet.
704. =Catbird.= GALEOSCOPTES CAROLINENSIS. Common summer resident; from plains to 8,000 feet.
705. =Brown thrasher.= HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS. Not uncommon as summer resident; almost restricted to the plains.
708. =Bendire's thrasher.= HARPORHYNCHUS BENDIREI. Summer resident; rare and local; south central part of State.
715. =Rock wren.= SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to 12,000 feet.
717a. =Cañon wren.= CATHERPES MEXICANUS CONSPERSUS. Rare resident; one nest recorded.
719b. =Baird's wren.= THRYOMANES BEWICKII LEUCOGASTER. Rare summer resident.
721b. =Western house wren.= TROGLODYTES AËDON AZTECUS. Common summer resident; from plains to 10,000 feet; raises two broods, sometimes three.
722. =Winter wren.= ANORTHURA HIEMALIS. Rare resident; no nest found.
725a. =Tulé wren.= CISTOTHORUS PALUDICOLA. Summer resident; not uncommon; breeds from plains to 8,000 feet; some remain all winter in hot-water swamps.
725c. =Western marsh wren.= CISTOTHORUS PALUSTRIS PLESIUS. Summer resident; not uncommon locally.
726b. =Rocky Mountain creeper.= CERTHIA FAMILIARIS MONTANA. Common resident; in breeding season confined to the immediate vicinity of timber-line, where some remain the year round.
727. =White-breasted nuthatch.= SITTA CAROLINENSIS. Resident; not common.
727a. =Slender-billed nuthatch.= SITTA CAROLINENSIS ACULEATA. Common resident; western form; commonly breeds from 7,500 feet to timber-line.
728. =Red-breasted nuthatch.= SITTA CANADENSIS. Not uncommon resident; migrant on the plains; resident in the mountains to about 8,000 feet, sometimes 10,000.
730. =Pigmy nuthatch.= SITTA PYGMÆA. Abundant resident; mountain bird; makes scarcely any migration; most common from 7,000 to 10,000 feet.