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127. Coccyzus erythroplitlialiuus (Wils.). Bi.ack- 

 BII.LED Cuckoo. 



A common summer resident of the Transition regions of the 

 state, penetrating the valle^^s and foot hills of both sides of the 

 White Mountains, where it is found not infrequently in the 

 sub-Canadian woods up to at least i,ooo feet. Mr. F. H. Allen 

 has found it quite common at Jefferson and Randolph and" it 

 doubtless occurs throughout the open vallej' lands of the region 

 to the north of these mountains. 

 I>ates : May 12 to August 29. 



128. Ceryle alcyon (I^inn.). Beeted Kingfisher. 



A summer resident, of general distribution about the larger 

 streams, lakes, and ponds ; rarely it winters in the southern and 

 central parts of the state. Baird, Brewer and Ridgway ('74, 

 vol. 2, p. 395) record a single pair which had a nest in a bank 

 by the side of the carriage road on Mount Washington, " more 

 than a mile fiom any water. It was a shallow excavation, made 

 that season, and contained fresh eggs the latter part of May. 

 The food of the pair was taken near the dam of a sawmill on 

 Peabody River." The altitude at which this pair bred must 

 have been about 2,500 to 3,000 feet. After the breeding season 

 the birds often make considerable wanderings into the region 

 about their nesting site. At such times they will often follow the 

 trout brooks through the woods, and in mid-vSeptember, I have 

 found them occasionally to reach so high an altitude as 3,360 

 feet, at the lakelets in Carter Notch. Mr. Ned Dearborn ('98, 

 p. 18) states that one wintered on the Suncook river in 1889- 

 90, and that he has seen at least one at Tilton in mid-winter. 



Dates : March to Noveinbtr 24; (Winter). 



129. Dryobates villosus (lyinn.). Hairy Woodpecker. 



A not uncommon permanent resident, confined during the 

 breeding season to the Canadian areas. It breeds on the high- 

 er land from the southwestern portions of the state northward, 

 and in central New Hampshire is rather common. In the White 

 Mountains I have found it commonest on the larger ranges from 

 3,000 to 4,500 feet where there is an abundance of birch, fir, and 



