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DISTRIBUTION 



Rrnige. — Southern Texas, Mexico, and Central and South America ; 

 casual in southern Arizona; apparently a nonmigratory species. 



The range of the green kingfisher extends north to Sinaloa (Mazat- 

 lan) ; Durango (Rio Sestin) ; southern Texas (Turtle Creek and New 

 Braunfels) ; Quintana Roo (Xcopan) ; eastern Nicaragua (Pis Pis 

 River) ; northern Colombia (Santa Marta and Bonda) ; northern 

 Venezuela (La Guaira) ; British Guiana (Potaro Landing and Bar- 

 tica) ; Surinam (Paramaribo) ; and northern Brazil (Quixada). 

 East to Brazil (Quixada, Rio Taquarussu, and Goyaz) ; and Uruguay 

 (Santa Elena). South to southern Uruguay (Santa Elena); and 

 central Argentina (Santa Elena, San Jose, and Tucuman). West 

 to northwestern Argentina (Tucuman) ; Bolivia (San Jose) ; Peru 

 (La Merced and the Ucayale River) ; Ecuador (Vinces) ; western 

 Colombia (Tumaco, Cali, and Rio Frio) ; Panama (Sapo Mountains, 

 Gatun, and the Chagres River) ; western Guatemala (Duenas, and 

 Lake Atitlan) ; Oaxaca (Juchatengo) ; Nayarit (San Bias) ; and 

 Sinaloa (Escuinapa, and Mazatlan). 



The subspecies, known as Chloroceryle a/mericanus septentrionalisy 

 is the only form to enter the United States. It ranges southward 

 from Texas to Yucatan. 



Casual records. — A specimen was taken at Decatur, Tex., north of 

 the normal range in this State, on January 3, 1889. Dr. Elliott Coues 

 reported seeing this species in September 1865 at points on the Colo- 

 rado River, Ariz., between Forts Mohave and Yuma, and one was 

 taken on the San Pedro River near Fairbanks on February 13, 1910. 

 One was collected on September 8, 1893, at Cajon Bonito Creek, 

 Sonora, a few miles south of the New Mexico line. One was taken on 

 the Santa Cruz River, Ariz., on October 1, 1938. 



Egg dates. — Mexico: 24 records, March 5 to June 13; 12 records, 

 March 12 to April 19, indicating the height of the season. 

 Texas : 4 records, April 11 to June 15. 



