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"Winter Birds in South-eastern Mass. 
Harry G. White 
9. 2 Vjc Belted Kingfisher. It is stated in 
books that the Kingfisher may, on rare 
occasions, remain throughout the winter in 
Massachusetts, hut I do not remember to have 
seen it recorded as a regular or common 
resident at that season. This, however, appears 
to be the case, at least in that portion border- 
ing on Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, 
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V •egpt.iqui'BO ‘l»uo,[ qsa.iq jn AprepiSa.i jej 
-uim aqj puads Aaqj juqj aui spaj .lajsMo.ip uj\[ 
q3noi[qn ‘juiod siqj ju .lajuiw in a.re.i oq oq pa.ia 
-pisuoa si U0.1011 suix -uomji Vl^W a?/X ’8 
•suoisnpuoo ojujnooi! A.toa jo uoij 
- anpap aqj joj sisuq i: si; aA.ias oj OAisuajxaui 
ooj ja.f sn a.re qAuqj qs.ren aqj jo aounpunqn 
aAiji.indiuoo aqj uo sajott Aui sr ‘[Buoisiao.uI 
sn dajS A [no 1 uost.reduioo jsiq siqx -junpunqu 
oq oj pres oq Aqi;o.i Auui Aaqj ‘uouiuioo jsoiu 
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ait; Sui.mp saijipjooi .laqjo jn juasa.id s.iaquinn 
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February, he seldom appeared about the 
station, for small fish were very scarce and 
especially so in the shallow water off the 
harbor, where the anchor ice and frost killed 
what few there were. But on one or two 
occasions, I saw him diving into the icy water 
of the IIoll amid the floating cakes borne on 
the surface of the swiftly flowing current. 
' A pair lived all winter in a hole in a sand- 
bank at Hadley Harbor, Nauslion, and from 
the reports of fishermen, I infer that at least a 
fourth individual resorted to similar quarters 
at Cuttyhunk, the outermost of the Elizabeth 
1 chain of islands. The Nauslion pair were 
frequently seen in January, viz., nine times ; 
; but on the following month they changed their 
fishing grounds and were less frequently 
observed. I heard of them occasionally out on 
the Sound and near Tarpaulen Cove. It is 
said that here, a winter never passes without 
a few Kingfishers remaining over and that 
usually they are more plenty than during the 
season which has just passed, this particular 
scarcity being, no doubt, partially caused by 
the shooting last fall. On the afternoon of 
February 1st, I saw a single Kingfisher at 
Edgartown Harbor. 
Moqs oj puoj sajouguiAvopi O.St O.Vol.17, June, 1892 p.84 
1686. Winter Kingfishers. By A. B. George. Ibid. — In Michigan. / fa , • 
For, & Stream, Yol» 80 
327. Kingbird and Kingfisher. By Fred T. Jencks. Ibid., VI, p. 64. 
— The latter attacked bv the former. 
1683. Kingfisher in Winter in Massachusetts. By C. B. Ibid Feb 
9 , p. 44. For, & Stream. VOl« 80 
13. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. ‘KiNGFisHER^j^Gn<»w ( g^_ 0 jj na _ Loomis 
seen July 9, 1886, along the Oolenoy at the bottom of Mt. Pinnacle.* * an . i8&(>. JJ. 5 ^. 
Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — I found a nest in a hollow stump 
in the summer of 1886, and from the appearance of the cavity am sure itiiiLTTKa VIX,Oot, 
was occupied by a pair of Belted Kingfishers that were in the vicinity al$A59Q»Bo 3£i& 
summer. Mile Beach, N,J. O. S. Shicko 
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