OERYLE ALCYON— PIOUS UARRISI. 545 



Family ALCE DINIDJl— Kingfishers. 



CeRYLE ALCYON. 

 Beltsd Kinsflishcr. 



{Talf um-])ahl' te oi the Washoes; Tsan'ak-nuk'ket-ah of the Paiiites; Fang'tve- 



chin'ah-moo of the Shoshones.) 



Alcedo alcyon, Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 17GC, 180. 



Ccryle alcyon, BoiE. Isis, 1828, 31G.— Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, loS; Cat. N. Am. 



B, 1859, 117.— CooPEU, Orn. Cal., I, 1870, 337.— COUES, Key, 1872, 188; 



Check List, 1873, No. 280; B. N.W., 1874, 273.— B. B. & K., Hist.N. Am. B., 



II, 1874, 392, pi. xi.v, fig. C— Henshaw, 1875, 3GG. 



The common Kingfisher was found in the vicinity of all streams and 

 lakes containing- fish. In the lower valleys it was resident, but in the 

 mountains was found onlv in summer. 



LiM of specimens. 



292, <? ad.; Trnckee .Meadows, Nevada, November 18, 18G7.— 14— 23J— Gg— 5f— 

 2^ — g — 4 — 1§. Bill, black, more slaty basally, where clouded with pale ashy; iris, 

 dark vivid vandyke-browii ; tar.si and toes, livid browuish-black, more bluish ou the 

 knees and adjoining part of the tibiiB. 



1452, 9 afl; Parley's Park, Utah, July 20, 18G9. 12J— 22J Bill, black, the 

 rictus aud basal portiou of lower mandible pale ashy ; iris, rich dark browu ; tarsi and 

 toes, dark plnmbeons-sepia in front, purplish salmon pink behind and beneath. 



1492, 9 ad.; Parley's Park, August 7, 1869. 14g— 223. Same remarks as to the 

 preceding. 



Family PICID^ — Woodpeckers. 



PiCUS HARRI8L 

 Harris's \%'<>ud|><!cker. 



(Kahsoo'te of the Washoes; Wahpe' -panuah of the Paiutes.) 



Pious harrisii, Audubon, Oru. Biog., V, 1839, 191, pi. 417. — Baiud, Birds N. Am., 

 1858, 87; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 75.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., I, 375. 



Picks r-illosu.s var. harrisii, Allen, Bull. Mus. Conip. Zool., Ill, 1872, ISO.— CouES, 

 Key, 1872, 194; Check List, 1873, No. 298a.— B. B. & R., Dist. N. Am. 

 Birds, II, 1874, 507.— Henshaw, 1875, 3SG. 



This perfect counterpart of the Hairy Woodpecker of the East (P. 

 vilhuKS) was met with thi-oughout the year in all wooded localities, from the 

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