ALK — AIVIERICAN. ft 



American Belted Kingfisher : The Belted Kingfisher. The 

 prefix " American " to this and other species in the 

 " Hand-List " seems minecessary, there being no European 

 form to be distinguished. 



AMERICAN BITTERN [No. 269]. An irregular \asitor from 

 America, as the name impHes. The name first appears in 

 Selby, but the species was first distinguished under the 

 name of Freckled Heron, in 1813, bv Montagu (" Orn. 

 Diet.," Supp.). 



American Black-billed Cuckoo. See BLACK-BILLED 

 CUCKOO. 



AMERICAN BLUE- WINGED TEAL [No. 291]. An American 

 species of accidental occurrence. 



American Cuckoo : The YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. (Gould.) 



American Goldeneye. See Barrow's Goldeiieye. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER [No. 363]. A casual visitor 



from Arctic North America. 

 American Goshawk. A North American species, said to have 



been t\vice obtained in our islands. 

 AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL [No. 290]. Another 



accidental ^'isitor from America. 



A3IERICAN HAWIv-OWL [No. 221]. An occasional visitor 

 from America. The name Hawk-Owl first occurs in Gould's 

 "Birds of Europe" (pt. x). It is the Canada Owl of 

 Jenyns. 



American Hooded Merganser. See HOODED MERGANSER. 



American Kestrel. A North American representative of the 

 KESTREL, said to have occurred in our Islands. 



American Pectoral Sandpiper. See PECTORAL SAND- 

 PIPER. 



American Purple Martin. Included by Yarrell (1843) on the 

 strength of one said to have been shot in Ireland. 



American Quail: The Virginian Colin. (Montagu.) 



American Scaup. An American species, also called Ring-necked 

 Duck, said to have been obtained here. 



MIERICAN STINT [No. 376]. A casual visitor from America. 

 American Trumpeter Swan. An American species, said to have 

 been obtained in our Islands. 



AMERICAN WATER-PIPIT [No. 71]. This species, first 

 figured by Edwards (" Gleanings," p. 297) as the " Lark 

 from Pennsylvania," is also called American Pipit or 

 American Tit-Lark. 



