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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 21. 



Family: AlcedinidaB. 



BELTED KINGFISHER. 



Genus: Ceryle. 

 Species: C. alcyon. 

 Distribution: 



A common summer resident of all New England, wintering 



in the southern portions. 

 Date of Arrival: April first. 

 Date of Departure: Latter part of November. 

 General Plumage: 



Upper parts, flanks and band across the breast grayish blue, 



crest darker, wings and tail white marked, broken color, 



lower breast wliite. Female, with a chestnut band often 



broken, which color is also on the flanks. Bill black, feet 



dark. Length about 12.50. 

 Song and Other Notes: 



A loud rattle. 

 Haunts: 



About rivers, ponds, lakes and brooks, and also bodies of 



salt water. 



