PICI. Ill 



SUBORDER ALCYONES. Kingfishers. 

 Family ALCEDINID^:. Kingfishers. 



149. (390.) CERLYLE ALYCON .(Linn.). 148. 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Synonyms: Alcedo alcyon. 



Kingfisher, Fisher. 

 Wilson, Am. Orn., Ill, 1811, 59. 



The Kingfisher is a resident in favorable places, where 

 open water may be found the winter through, and where 

 fish are plentiful ; but it is not known as a winter bird from 

 most localities, simply because open water is not found in 

 the coldest weather. In Lorain county there is no open 

 water, regularly, even along the lake shore, where fish can 

 be found;* but at Norwalk a pool which is fed by warm 

 water from a manufacturing plant furnishes at least one 

 Kingfisher with winter rations. In the southern part of 

 the state it is more commonly found all winter and summer. 

 Migrants reach Oberlin about the middle of March. 



The Kingfisher feeds entirely upon fish, but cannot be 

 considered in any degree injurious to the fishing industry. 



*Since the above was written a pool of open water has been 

 discovered about two miles north of Elyria where a Kingfisher 

 spends the winter. 



ORDER PICI. Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers and Flickers. 

 Family PICID^E. Woodpeckers. 



150. (393.) DRYOBATES VILLOSUS (Linn.). 14Q, 



Hairy Woodpecker. 



Synonyms: Picus villosus, P. rubricapillus. 



"Sapsucker." 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 162. 



This is a common resident throughout the state, but ap- 

 parently is less common in summer than in winter. Its 

 secretive habits during the nesting season probably give a 

 false impression. This and the next species frequent the 



