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  18 
  Additions 
  to 
  North 
  American 
  Ornithology. 
  

  

  Length 
  about 
  8 
  inches, 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure 
  6 
  in., 
  tail 
  3 
  in., 
  

   tarsus 
  If 
  in. 
  

  

  Seven 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  were 
  captured 
  with 
  a 
  hook 
  

   and 
  line, 
  by 
  the 
  captain 
  of 
  a 
  vessel, 
  while 
  at 
  anchor 
  in 
  the 
  

   harbor 
  of 
  St. 
  Marks, 
  Florida. 
  One 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  him 
  by- 
  

   Mr. 
  John 
  Hooper, 
  of 
  Brooklyn, 
  L. 
  I., 
  from 
  whom 
  I 
  received 
  it. 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  observed 
  about 
  the 
  vessel 
  during 
  two 
  days, 
  

   after 
  which 
  none 
  were 
  met 
  with. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  wide 
  geographical 
  range. 
  

   It 
  is 
  figured 
  by 
  Gould, 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Birds 
  of 
  Australia 
  ;" 
  and 
  what 
  

   is 
  equally 
  remarkable, 
  he 
  speaks 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  species 
  (Th. 
  

   Wilsonii) 
  as 
  being 
  found 
  there, 
  and 
  figures 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   work. 
  

  

  Ceryle 
  Americana 
  (G-mel.) 
  Boie. 
  

   WmTE 
  AND 
  Green 
  Kingfisher. 
  

  

  Upper 
  plumage 
  dark 
  glossy 
  green, 
  sparingly 
  marked 
  with 
  

   small 
  white 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  duller, 
  lightly 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  

   greyish 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  neck 
  ; 
  wings 
  

   dark 
  green, 
  marked 
  with 
  spots 
  of 
  white 
  ; 
  two 
  central 
  tail 
  

   feathers 
  dark 
  green, 
  the 
  others 
  white, 
  terminating 
  with 
  irreg- 
  

   ular 
  markings 
  of 
  dull 
  green 
  ; 
  throat 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  

   bright 
  rufous 
  crosses 
  the 
  breast 
  ; 
  abdomen, 
  sides, 
  and 
  under 
  

   tail 
  coverts 
  white, 
  spotted 
  with 
  green 
  ; 
  bill 
  and 
  legs 
  dusky. 
  

  

  Length 
  8|- 
  inches, 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure 
  of 
  in., 
  bill 
  from 
  front 
  

   1|- 
  in., 
  tarsus 
  fo 
  in., 
  tail 
  2|- 
  in. 
  

  

  This 
  description 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  specimen 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  

   Lyceum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Chas. 
  Wright, 
  who 
  procured 
  it 
  in 
  Texas, 
  on 
  

   the 
  Rio 
  Grande, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  In 
  his 
  com- 
  

   munication 
  accempanying 
  the 
  specimen, 
  he 
  remarks 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows 
  : 
  

  

  