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SUBORDER ALCYONE8. KINGFISHERS. 

 FAMILY ALCEDINID^E. KINGFISHERS. 



GENUS CERYLE BOIE. 



Subgenus STREPTOCERYLE Bonaparte. 

 : 147. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.}. BELTED KINGFISHER. 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Common summer resident northward in suitable localities; resident south- 

 ward, generally common, but during severe winters somewhat rare. In some 

 localities, where nesting sites and running streams are not found, they are scarce. 

 Where they are not resident they arrive in March or early April, and depart late 

 in October or early November. Mr. H. W. McBride^ reported one from Dekalb 

 County February 15, 1888. In the southern part of the State they often pair early 

 in April, and in early May their nests will be found. 



ORDER PICI. WOODPECKERS, WRYNECKS, ETC. 

 FAMILY PICID^E. WOODPECKERS. 



GENUS CAMPEPHILUS GRAY. 



148. Campephilus principalis (Linn.). IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER. 



Formerly a resident in the southern part of the State, perhaps not generally 

 distributed ; now extinct. Dr. Raymond notes it as a former resident of Franklin 

 County, but says " none have been seen for many years." (Ind. Geol. Rept., 1869, 

 p. 211.) He informed me they formerly were found in the swampy woodland in 



