. Ein illustriertes Handbuch britischer Vögel. Uerings des Rückens unastrein. Das Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge hat ein Exemplar des Nordamerikanischen Downy Specht, D. piihesceus, angeblich ein Vogel, den er bei Bloxworth in Dorset im Dezember 1836 schoss; und ein Beispiel dieser Art ist auch nahe Elbeuf, in Nor-mandy getötet worden; American Spotted Spechte sind jedoch bekannt, dass sie nach Europa gebracht wurden und sich mehr als ein Hundertjahrs {CF Yarrell, 4. Aufl., ii. S. 485). Ein amerikanischer Golden-wingedWoodpecker, Colaptes Aura/US, soll 1836 in Ames-Bury, Wilts, erschossen worden sein. A
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. An illustrated manual of British birds . uerings of the back areless pure. The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge has a specimen of the NorthAmerican Downy Woodpecker, D. piihesceus, supposed to be a birdwhich he shot at Bloxworth in Dorset, in December 1836 ; and anexample of this species has also been killed near Elbeuf, in Nor-mandy ; American Spotted Woodpeckers are, however, known tohave been brought to Europe and turned loose more than a centuryago {Cf. Yarrell, 4th Ed., ii. p. 485). An American Golden-wingedWoodpecker, Colaptes aura/us, is said to have been shot at Ames-bury, Wilts, in 1836. As regards the Black Woodpecker, Fkusmartins, Mr. J. H. Gurney jun. and Professor Newton have, I think, conclusively shown that, in spite of its numerous recorded occur-rences in the British Islands, there is not one sufficiently authen-ticated to justify insertion. Donovans statement in 1809, that anexample of the Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoides tridactyliis, hadlately been shot in the North of Scotland is unsubstantiated. ALCEDINID/K. 269. THE KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus. The Kingfisher is resident and generally distributed throughoutGreat Britain as far north as Sutherland, to which it is only a rarevisitor ; it also occurs casually as far west as Skye. In Ireland, according to Mr. More, it is found throughout the year, but chieflyin the lowland districts. In few places can it be considered anabundant species ; mainly owing to the fact that it is often shot onaccount of its bright plumage, but partly to the value of its feathersfor dressing artificial flies. The banks of lakes, ponds, and streamsof all sizes—provided the current be not too rapid—or even the sea-shore, especially on a rocky coast, are its usual haunts ; and there itmay frequently be seen darting in a straight line over the water, orsitting patiently on some convenient perch, where it waits the oppor-tunity for the sudden plunge by which it secures its prey. Even in the southern portion of Scandinavia
