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Ceryle alcyon.
1889, Lake Umbagog.
September 12.
Three Kingfishers literally fighting with each other for
possession of the old elm which I am sorry to see is dying (near
the Lake House).
1895, Lake Umbagog.
Pine Point.
September 5. Every evening a little after sunset two or three King-
fishers come to Pine Point to spend the night. They fly directly
into the forest and go to roost among the densest foliage, often
in a spruce or arbor vitae, from four to ten rods back from the
shore.
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