ec. 12.

The Belted Kingfisher is a watchman of the waterways who sounds his loud
rattle when we trespass on his territory, 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.

WOODPECKERS, WRYNECKS, ETC. ORDER PICI

WOODPECKERS. FAMILY PICIDAE

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.

_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 numbered 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.

HAIRY WOODPECKER

_Dryobates villosus villosus. Case 2, Figs. 28, 29_

The Hairy is a large edition of the Downy with
white, unmarked outer tail-feathers. The male has
a red head-band. L. 9-1/2.

_Range._ Middle and northern states; a permanent
resident. The southern Hairy Woodpecker (_D. v.
auduboni_) inhabits the southeastern United States
north to southern Virginia. It is smaller than the
Hairy and has less white in the plumage. L.
8-1/10.

The Northern Hairy Woodpecker (_D. v. leucomelas_)
is found from the northern United States
northward. It is larger and whiter than the Hairy.
L. 10.

The Newfoundland Hairy Woodpecker (_D. v.
terraenovae_) is larger and darker than the Hairy;
it inhabits Newfoundland.

Washington, rare P.R. Ossining, rare P.R.
Cambridge, uncommon W.V., one summer record. N.
Ohio, common P.R. Glen Ellyn, fairly common P.R.

The Hairy is not so common as his small cousin the Downy, a