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only two other adult specimens of Glaucidium gnoma Califor- 

 nia! m at hand, one from Seattle, Washington, the other from 

 Marin County, California, present a decidedly more reddish 

 appearance than these Vancouver Island birds. 



Ceryle alcyon caurina Grinnell 



Northwestern Belted Kingfisher 

 A common species on or near the seashore but not so fre- 

 quently seen farther inland. Some were observed or secured by 

 .Miss Alexander and Miss Kellogg at the mouth of French Creek, 

 at Englishman 's River, and at Little Qualieum River, in May ; 

 and several w r ere seen at Beaver Creek in June. While we were 

 at Nootka Sound they were evidently beginning to migrate south, 

 and kingfishers were of daily occurrence, some along the beach, 

 but more often by the little pond in the woods behind the village. 

 Ten specimens were preserved, six males and four females 

 (nos. 15641-15650). Through the courtesy of the U. S. National 

 Museum I have been able to compare these with a series of birds 

 from various points in the eastern United States and the West 

 Indies. The seven specimens at hand from Alaskan points 

 (Prince William Sound and the Sitkan district), including the 

 type of C. a. caurina, have also been carefully examined in this 

 connection. Following are the measurements of kingfishers from 

 the eastern United States and from the northwest coast region. 



Bend of carpus 

 tn longest 

 Bill from Depth of secondary in 

 Wing Tail Culmen nostril bill closed wing 



Am ira £ six males 



from Vancouver LI., 159.3 90.5 58.5 45.6 14.5 132.9 



(157-162.5) (87-93) (54-61) (40.5-48.5) (13-15) (132-134) 

 \\ erage of eight males 

 from eastern U. S. 

 ami West Indies, 154.4 s4.4 56.8 44.0 12.8 118.8 



(150-159) (78-89) (53-59) (39-47) (12-13) (112-127) 

 Average of five females 

 from Vancouver LI. 

 ami Alaska, 161.4 92.8 58.0 44.6 13.6 132.2 



(159-166) (89-97) (56-62) (41.5-48) (13-14) (128.5-138) 

 Average of fifteen fe- 

 males from eastern 

 U. S. and West 

 Indies, 155.4 85.1 56.8 44.5 13.2 116.5 



(152-162) (78-88) (51-60) (40-48) (12-14) (105-129) 



