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ZO()LO(JY— r.lKDS. 



Order PICARIAE: Picakian IUuds. 



Fam. ALCEDINIDAE: KiNGFisnERS. 



CEEYLE ALCYON (Linn.). 

 Belted King;fl!>«her. 



Alcedo alcyon, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 17GG, 180.— WooDH., Sitgreave'.s Exp. Zinii & Col. 

 Uiv., 18.J4, (5;-). 



Ceryle alcyon, Newb., P. R. K. Ki'p., vi, 1857, 70.— Bd., BirtLs N. A., 1858, 158.- IIekkm , 

 P. R. R. Rep., X, pt. iv, 185!), 57.— Rd., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Siirv., ii, pt. 

 ii, 18.59, Birds, 7.— Ooop. & SucKL., P. R. R. Rep., sii, pt. ii, 18(i(), 107.— 

 Uayd., Trans. Am. Phil. See, xii, 18G2, 157.— CouES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. 

 Pliila., 18(;(;, .59.— Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1870, :}30.— Stev., U. S. Gcol. Snrv. 

 Terr., 1870, 403 (Wyoniiiij.').— ALLEN, Bull. Mus. Coinp. Zool., 1871', 179.— 

 CouES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 188.- Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 0.— Aik];.n, 

 Proc. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist., xv, 1872, 200 (Colorado).— .Meruiam, U. S. Geo). 

 Surv. Terr., 1872, 092 (Wyoming). — Bd., Brew., & Rii)G., N. A. Birds, ii, 

 1874, 392, 1)1. 45, f. G.— Yarrow & Hensiiaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 23.— Hensiiaw, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 

 1874, S.—Id., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, il.—Id., 

 Rej). Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Ex|)ed., 1874, 87, 128.— ALLEN, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 32. — CouES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 273. 



Quite conimou on the streams of Utah and Colorado, and an occasional 

 resident of the creeks and rivers in New Mexico and Arizona, when, as is 

 usually the case, tliese abound in the smaller species of fish. It follows the 

 streams up into the mountains, as I have occasionally seen it at an altitude 

 of about 8,000 feet, higher than which it probably rarely goes. 



