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N. H. ii. p. 289"; Bull. U. S.Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 30"; Sharpe, Mon. Alced. p. 79, t. 23"; 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 125"; v. Frantzius, J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 311"; Duges, La 

 Nat. i. p. 139'°; Grayson, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xiv. p. 284"; Salv. Ibis, 1872, p. 321"; 

 1889, p. 371 " ; 1890, p. 88 " ; Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 416 " ; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii. p. 392='; Gundl. Orn. Cub. p. Ill "; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 239''; Nutting, 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. pp. 375", 394'=; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 160 '^ 

 Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 178, 321 "; Stone, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1890, p. 206'' ; Richmond, Pr. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 511". 

 Streptoceryle alcym, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1862, p. 1 62 '°. 



Supra schistacea, capite eristata, plumis elongatis singulis medialiter nigris ; capitis lateribus schistaceis, 

 macula infra oculos altera supra lora albis : subtus alba, torque pectoral! schistacea, cervicis lateribus 

 postice fere conjunctis albis, hypocbondriis schistaceis ; alis extus schistaceis, tectricibus et secundariis 

 albo stricte terminatis, remigibus nigris in pogonio externo albo maculatis, in pogonio interne, bitriente 

 basali, fere omnino albo, axillaribus albis ; Cauda nigra, extrorsum schistacea, rectricibus omnibus (duobus 

 mediis exceptis) frequenter albo transfasciatis, fasciis singulis ad rbacbidem interruptis ; rostro nigro ; 

 pedibus fuscis. Long, tota 12-0, alse 6-0, caudae 3-4, rostri a rictu 2-75, tarsi 0-4. (Descr. maris ex 

 Tampico, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 

 5 mari similis, hypocbondriis (supra abdomen anticum vix conjunctis) et axillaribus castaneis. 



Hnh. North Ameeica generally ^i. — Mexico {T. Mann ^o), Eio de Ermitano ( W. Lloyd), 

 Mazatlan {Grayson ^o ^^, Forrer), Tres Marias Is. {Grayson^ ^^ ^^), Zapotlan in Jalisco 

 ( W. B. Richardson), Guanajuato {Duges i^), Valley of Mexico {Herrera 2^), Tampico 

 ( W. B. Bichardson),Yega del Casadero {M. Trujillo), Epatlan 26, Puebla 26, Chapulco 

 [Ferrari-Perez), Orizaba {SalW, Ferrari-Perez), Jalapa {de Oca^), Santa Efigenia 

 {Sumichrast ^^), Progreso in N. Yucatan {Bevis, Stone 8f Baker ^s), Shkolak {Stone 

 & Baker ^^), Cozumel I. {G. F. Gaumer^^) ; British Honduras, Belize {0. S.^); 

 Guatemala, Eio Dulce {0. S.^), San Geronimo, Duefias, San Jose, Huamuchal, 

 Santana Mixtan {0. S. & F. D. G.); Honduras, Omoa {Leyland^), Ruatan I. 

 {G. F. Gaumer'^^) ; Nicaragua, Chontales {Janson^'^), San Juan del Sur^*, Omo- 

 tepe 25 {Nutting), Escondido E, {Richmond ^^) ; Costa Eica {J. Cooper), Eio Frio 

 {Richmond^% Navarro ^^ Cartago {v. Frantzius, CarmioP), Agua Caliente, 

 Orosi {v. Frantzius ^^) ; Panama {M'Leannan ^). — Colombia, Santa Marta ^^ ; 

 Antilles ^^. 



The Belted Kingfisher is the only member of the Alcedinidse that enjoys a wide 

 range over the North- American continent, where it is found from the Arctic Ocean 

 southwards and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. So far as the rigour of the winter 

 season permits, it is resident in the United States. Its range southwards extends on 

 the mainland nearly everywhere in Mexico and Central America, as far as the Isthmus 

 of Panama, and even beyond our limits to Northern Colombia. 



Grayson says it is common at all seasons at Mazatlan i^; but on the Tres Marias 

 Islands he only met with solitary individuals, sitting on rocks on the sea-shore. In 

 Guatemala we saw Ceryle alcyon on nearly every river and lake from the sea- 

 level to a height of about 5000 feet in the mountains, but, so far as we could ascertain, 



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