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Sp. Ch Male, above greenish black, with but little mottling on the head and back. Wing coverts varied with grayish . 



scapulars with yellowish rufous. A nuchal band of fine gray mottling, behind which is another coarser one of rufous spots. 

 A white V-shaped mark on the throit ; behind this a collar of pale rufous blotches, and another on the breast of grayish 

 mottling. Under parts banded transversely with dull yellowish or reddish white and brown. Wing quills quite uniformly 

 brown. The five outer primaries with a white blotch midway between the tip and carpal joint, not extending on the outer 

 web of the outer quill. Tail with a terminal white patch. 



Female, without the caudal white patch, the white of the throat mixed with reddish. Length of male, 9.50 ; wino- 8.20. 



Eab. — North America generally. 



The nighthawk is very abundant in the interior of the Territory, arriving at Puget Sound 

 about June 1, and remaining until September. At Vaucouver, in June, the monotonous cry 

 of this bird was audible day and night, as it flew high above the tall spruces. In the evening 

 they would fly low, and light near houses on the ground. — C. 



Abundant at Fort Dalles and on the prairies near Puget Sound. At Fort Steilacoom I first 

 noticed the arrival of this bird from the south, in 1854, on the 1st of June, and in 1856, on the 

 3d of June, soon after which it became, in both seasons, quite plentiful. In habit, voice, &c., 

 I noticed no difference from the same bird on the Atlantic. — S. 



Family ALCEDINIDAE— Kingfisher. 

 CERYLE ALCYON, Boie. 



Belted Kingfisher, 



.4fc«(fo ofcyon, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. I, 1776,180 — WiLso.N,Am. Orn. Ill, 181 1, 59. — Audubon, Orn. Biog. 1,1831, 



394 ; pi. 77. — Ib. Birds America. 

 Ceryle akyon, Boie, Isis, 1828, 316 — Cassin, lUust. I, 1855, 254. — Brewer, N. Am. Oology, I, 1857, 110 ; pi. iv. 



fig. 52. (Egg.)— Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p 158. 

 bpida ludoviciana, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 452. 



Sp. Ch. — Head with a long crest. Above blue, without metallic luslre. Beneath, with a concealed band across the occiput, 

 and a spot anterior to the eye, pure white. A band across the breast, and the sides of the body under the wing, like the 

 back. Primaries white on the basal half, the terminal unspotted. Tail with transverse bands and spots of white. 



Young, with the sides of body and a transverse band across the belly below the pectoral one, light chestnut ; the pectoral 

 band more or less tinged with the same Length of adult about 12 J inches ; wing, 6 or more. 



Jlab — The entire continent of North America. 



The common kingfisher is abundant throughout the year along every stream, as well as the 

 coast, where it burrows out holes in cliffs surrounding the bays and inlets. It probably does 

 not retire southward, except in those uncommon winters when all the fresh water becomes 

 frozen. — C. 



Very abundant throughout Washington and Oregon Territories. The habits of this bird on 

 the Pacific coast differ in no respect from those of individuals found in the older States. It is 

 very generally distributed throughout Washington Territory. — S. 



Family COLOPTERIDAE— The Flycatchers. 

 TYRANNUS CAROLINENIS, Baird. 



King Bird ; Bee Slartln, 



Lanius /yrannus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 136. This belongs to the Cuban T. m<7(u<OT!M, according to Bonaparte. 

 Muacicajia ti/rannus, (Brisson ?) Wilson, Am. Om. I, 1808, 66 ; pi. xiii.— Aud. Orn. Biog. I, 1832, 403 ; V, 1839, 

 420 ; pi. 79.— Ib. Birds Amer.I, 1840, 204 ; pi. 56. 



