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Washington, common P. R., except in midwinter. Ossining; 

 common S. R., Apl. i-Nov. 23; casual in winter. Cambridge, 

 common S. R., Apl. io-Nov. I; rare W. V. N. Ohio, common 

 S. R., Mch. 20-Nov. 1; rare W. V. Glenn Ellyn, isolated pairs, 

 Apl. i-Nov. 19. SE. Minn., common S. R., Mch. 21-Dec. 12. 



The Belted Kingfisher is a watchman of the waterways 

 who sounds his loud rattle when we trespass on his terri- 

 tory, a gallant fisherman, who, like a Falcon 'waits on' 

 with fluttering wing, and the moment his aim is taken 

 plunges headlong with a splash on some fish that has 

 ventured too near the surface. 



The nest is made at the end of a burrow in a bank; 

 5-8 white eggs are laid in May, 



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IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER 

 Campephilus principalis 



Our largest Woodpecker, black with a white stripe down each 

 side of the neck, white showing in the wing in flight, the male 

 with a flaming red crest, the female with a black one and both 

 with an ivory-white bill. L. 20. 



f" Range. Formerly southeastern United States to North 

 Carolina; now rare and local in the wilder, less settled portions 

 of the Gulf States. 



When man appears, the Ivory-bill disappears. This 

 is not alone due to the destruction of the birds' haunts 

 but to the bird's shy, retiring nature. Its days are num- 

 bered even more surely than are those of the forests it 

 inhabits. 



The nesting cavity is usually made in a cypress some 

 forty feet from the ground, and 3-5 white eggs are laid in 

 March. 



