. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. —Tin<: KINTrFISmiRS. 3D3. Crrylf niryon. rririwirit's wliitc on tlie half. t!ic iiiispotU'd. Tail wifli transverse bands unil spots (.i t'thinl*- anil ijotmy with suit's of body iuid a aci(»>. ll»f bflly bflow tilt' |M'«t(>ral otje li^dit clu'stnut; the jM-rtoial l)an<l inoH' or l»'.<s tinjr«'d witli ila- wuno. lA'ii.']); Paii- anja (Lawr. N. Y. Lye. ISOl, 3
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. —Tin<: KINTrFISmiRS. 3D3. Crrylf niryon. rririwirit's wliitc on tlie half. t!ic iiiispotU'd. Tail wifli transverse bands unil spots (.i t'thinl*- anil ijotmy with suit's of body iuid a aci(»>. ll»f bflly bflow tilt' |M'«t(>ral otje li^dit clu'stnut; the jM-rtoial l)an<l inoH' or l»'.<s tinjr«'d witli ila- wuno. lA'ii.']); Paii- anja (Lawr. N. Y. Lye. ISOl, 318 n.); Costa Rica (Cab. .1. 18. Ann. Ma^^ 19,80); Texas (Drf.«pfr, ibis, LSO.'>, 471); Arizona (CotES, P. A. N. S. 1800, oD); Sta. IBariholeiny (Slxd. OlV. 1800, 'i>). Tliis species varies considerably in size with locality, as (!])reeiahly lai'iivr, esi)ecially those lioin the northwest coast. Accortlin*,^ to Xuttall and Aiidiihon, it is tlie female that has the transverse band of chestnnt across tlie l)elly. In this they may be correct; but several specimens in the Smithsonian collection marked female (perhaps en-oneonsly) sliow no indication of the chestnut.^ Two closely allied but much larger species l^elong to Middle and South America. They differ in having the wliole body beneath of a retldish color. Habits. The common Belted Kingfisher of Xorth America is a widely distribute<l species at all times, and in the summer is found in every portion of Xorth America, to the Arctic Ocear on the north, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is more or less ivsidcnt throughout the year, and in mild and open winters a few have been known to linger throughout New England, and even in higher latitudes. In Captain Blakiston found it remaining on the lower part of the Saskatchewan River until the 7th of October; and afterwards, in 1859, at Pembina, on the 1st of May, he ob- ^ This confoundinff of tlu^ two sexes has pmhahly resulted from fnioss-work of the col
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