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 Mr. Miller has taken several nests about Philadelphia and 

 formerly found the birds regularly on Petty' s Island. In 

 Montgomery and Delaware Counties, I have found but two nests 

 while Mr. Dickey reports it as rare in Green County. In 

 Warren, Monroe, Pike, Clarion, Venango, Wayne, and Luzerne, 

 I have found this species a common summer resident and less 

 so in Center and Hundington Counties. 



390. Ceryle aleyon ( Linn .) . Belted Kingfisher. 



This species is one of the most generally known 

 birds thruout the entire state. Breeding in every county, 

 regardless of fauna, it is nevertheless a bird whose 

 abundance is frequently overrated owing to its striking 

 markings and rattling call. Prom Delaware to Green Counties 

 in the south to Pike and Erie in the north, this bird has 

 been found nesting, either by friends, or myself, but it 

 reaches its greatest abundance in those counties having 

 rivers or creeks with high banks. 



393. Dryobates villo3us villo3us (LItin.). Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Despite the fact that this Woodpecker breeds reg- 

 ularly in practically every county of the stato, very few 

 collectors have taken many sets of its eggs. Formerly it 

 was a rare breeder in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties, 



