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AMERICAN BELTED KINGFISHER: The Belted Kingfisher. The 

 prefix " American " to this and other species in the 

 " Hand-List " seems unnecessary, there being no European 

 form to be distinguished. 



AMERICAN BITTERN [No. 269]. An irregular visitor from 

 America, as the name implies. The name first appears in 

 Selby, but the species was first distinguished under the 

 name of Freckled Heron, in 1813, by Montagu (" Orn. 

 Diet.," Supp.). 



AMERICAN BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. See BLACK-BILLED 

 CUCKOO. 



AMERICAN BLUE- WINGED TEAL [No. 291]. An American 

 species of accidental occurrence. 



AMERICAN CUCKOO : The YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. (Gould.) 



AMERICAN GOLDENEYE. See Barrow's GoUeneye. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER [No. 363]. A casual visitor 



from Arctic North America. 

 American Goshawk. A North American species, said to have 



been twice obtained in our islands. 

 AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL [No. 290]. Another 



accidental visitor from America. 

 AMERICAN HAWK-OWL [No. 221]. An occasional visitor 



from America. The name Hawk-Owl first occurs in Gould's 



" Birds of Europe " (pt. x). It is the Canada Owl of 



Jenyns. 



AMERICAN HOODED MERGANSER. See HOODED MERGANSER. 

 American Kestrel. A North American representative of the 



KESTREL, said to have occurred in our Islands. 

 AMERICAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. See PECTORAL SAND- 

 PIPER. 

 American Purple Martin. Included by Yarrell (1843) on the 



strength of one said to have been shot in Ireland. 

 AMERICAN QUAIL: The Virginian Colin. (Montagu.) 

 American Scaup. An American species, also called RING-NECKED 



DUCK, said to have been obtained here. 



AMERICAN STINT [No. 376]. A casual visitor from America. 

 American Trumpeter Swan. An American species, said to have 

 been obtained in our Islands. 



AMERICAN WATER-PIPIT [No. 71]. This species, first 

 figured by Edwards ("Gleanings," p. 297) as the "Lark 

 from Pennsylvania," is also called AMERICAN PIPIT or 

 AMERICAN TIT-LARK. 



