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SELASPHORUS RUFUS, GmelNootka Sound Humming Bird. 
Selasphorus rufus, Gould's Monog. of the Trochil. part III.— Aud. B. of A. Oct. vol. IV, p. 200, pi. 254.— Baird, Gen. 
Rep. IX, 134. 
This diminutive species migrates to the higher northern latitudes, although some few pairs 
breed every year in the neighborhood of San Francisco, where I observed them during the 
whole summer, but was unable to discover their nests. I also noticed in this same locality the 
white-crowned finch ( Z. atricapitla ) and the chesnut-backed tit, ( Parus rufescens,) which birds 
I have seen breeding in no other part of the country, the masses migrating north, while 
probably these few stragglers, arriving late in the season, stop at this point. The cold sea 
winds, which blow strongly every afternoon during the summer at San Francisco, give to this 
locality very much the climate we might expect in higher latitudes. 
CERYLE ALCYON, Linn.—Belted Kingfisher. 
Alcedo alcyon , Aud. B. of A. Oet. vol. IV, p. 205, pi. 255.— Wils. Am. Orn. vol. Ill, p. 59, pi. 23, fig. 1.— Nutt, Qrn. 
vol. I, p. 594. 
Ceryle alcyon, Baikd, Gen. Rep- IX, 158. 
Abundant on all the principal lakes and water courses. 
PIOUS HARRISII, Aud.—Harris’ Woodpecker. 
Picus harrisii, Aud. B. of A. Oct. vol. IV, p. 242, pi. 261.— Baird, Gen. Rep. IX, 87. 
Occasionally observed during the survey, but a somewhat rare species, though procured in 
northern California and at Tejon Pass. Its clear trumpet-like notes, uttered as it climbs the 
trees, betrays its locality and it is then easily shot. 
PICUS MERIDIONALIS, Swains .—Little G-eorgian Woodpecker. 
Picus meridionalis, Rich. & Sw. F. Bor. Am. vol. II, p. 308. 
Ficus gairdnerii, Aud. B. of A. Oct. vol. IV, p- 252. 
Neither common or especially rare. I obtained several specimens in the mountains of northern 
California. 
PICUS NUTTALLI, Gamb.—Nuttall’s Woodpecker. 
Picus nuttallii, Gambel, Proceed. Ac. N. Sc- Phil. vol. I, p. 259. (1841.) 
Picus scalaris, (Wagl.) Gambel, Jour. Ae. N. Sc. Phil. vol. 1,2d series, p. 55, pi. 9, figs. 2 & 3. (Not of Wagier.) 
Occasionally found in the same localities as the preceding species, but much more abundant in 
the valleys. 
PICUS SCALARIS, Wagier .—Barred Woodpecker. 
Picus scalaris, Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 511.— Baird, Gen. Rep. IX, 94. 
I procured this bird first at Vallecitta, but found it abounding in the woods about Fort Yuma. 
This species is new to the California fauna though frequently seen in Texas, several expeditions 
sent having collected it. 
PICUS RUBER, Gmel.—Red-breasted Woodpecker. 
Picus ruber, Gw. Syst, Nat. vol- I, p. 429.— Lath. Ind. Orn. vol. I, p- 228.— Aud- B. of A- Oct. vol- IV, p. 261, pi. 
266. 
Sphyropicm ruber, Baird, Gen. Rep. IX, 104. 
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