CEUYLE ALCYON— PIOUS IIAUKISI. 545 



Family ALCEDINIDyE — Kingfisiieks. 

 Cekyle alcyox. 



Bcltod Kin|;(i$lier. 



(Taf'mii-pnhric >>{' the Waslioes; Tsan'ak-nuh'ld-ali of tlie Paiutes; Paiif/wc- 

 (h'lii'dli-moo of tlie Slioslioiies.) 



AJcedo alcyon, Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 1700, 180. 



Ceryle alcyon, Boie, Lsis, 1828, 310.— Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, 158 ; Cat. N. Am. 



B., 1859. 117.— CooPEii, Orn. Cal., I, 1870, 337.— GoUES, Key, 1872, 188; 



Check List, 1873, No. 28(); B. N.W., 1874, 273.— B. B. & R., Hist.N. Am. B., 



II, 1874, .392, !>l. XLV, fig. O.— Densiiaw, 1875, 300. 



The ooiiiiuoii Kiugiislier was found in tlio vit-inity of all streams and 

 lakes containing;' lisli. In the lower valleys- it was resident, but in the 

 mountains was found (>nl\- in summer. 



List <>/ siKviiiicns. 



292, (? ad.; Truckee Meadows, Nevada, November 18, 1807— 14— 23^— Gg— 5§— 

 2^ — I — 4 — 1§. Bill, black, more slaty basally, wbere clouded with pale asliy ; iris, 

 dark vivid vandyke-browii ; tarsi and toes, livid brownish-bkick, more bluish on the 

 knees and adjoining part of the tibiai. 



1452, 9 ad.; Parley's Park, Utah, July 20, 1809. 12J— 22.] Bill, black, the 

 rictus and basal portion of lower mandible pale ashy ; iris, rich dark brown ; tarsi and 

 toes, dark plumbeous-sepia in front, piir[)lish salmon piuk behind and beneath. 



1492, 9 ad.: Parley's Park, August 7, 1809. 14|— 22a. game remarks as to the 

 preceding. 



Family riClD/E — W( xjdi'eckers. 



PiCUS HAL'KLSl. 

 Harris's ^Voodpccker. 



{Kahsoo'te of the Waslioes; Wahpe'-paiiiiah of the Paint es.) 



Picm harrisii, AuDUBON, Orn. Biog., V, 1839, 191, pi. 417. — Baird, Birds N. Am., 

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



Pictis villosus var. harrisii, Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ill, 1872, 180.— CouES, 

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

 Birds, II, 1874, 507.— Henshaw, 1875, 386. 



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

 vilhsus) was met with throughout the year in all wooded localities, from the 

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