PICI. 114 
SusporperR ALCYONES. Kingfishers. 
Family Atcepinip#. Kingfishers. 
149. (390.) CrERLYLE aLycon (Linn.). 148. 
Belted Kingfisher. 
Synonyms: Alcedo alcyon. 
Kingfisher, Fisher. 
Wilson, Am. Orn., III, 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. 
Orver PICI. Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers and Flickers. 
Family Picipa. Woodpeckers. 
150. (393.) Dryopates vittosus (Linn.). 140 
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 
