. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. A L CEDINID^—KINGFISHER. 149 beginning of April and departing in September. In some years it is very scarce. In 1888, I did not hear one near Chelmsford. Round Orsett, Mr. Sac- kett describes it as a com- mon spring visitor, but adds : "I do not think that all we hear in the early spring stay to breed, as I have only taken two ; King says (20) in 1838, "This bird does not appear plentiful in our neighbourhood" (Sudbury), but JVIr. Grubb says (39) it " never fails to give tidings
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. A L CEDINID^—KINGFISHER. 149 beginning of April and departing in September. In some years it is very scarce. In 1888, I did not hear one near Chelmsford. Round Orsett, Mr. Sac- kett describes it as a com- mon spring visitor, but adds : "I do not think that all we hear in the early spring stay to breed, as I have only taken two ; King says (20) in 1838, "This bird does not appear plentiful in our neighbourhood" (Sudbury), but JVIr. Grubb says (39) it " never fails to give tidings of its arrival [there] about the middle of ; Writ- ing from Epping in 1832, Henry Doubleday says (I o), " This bird, which used to be heard a few years since ,, J. .. WRYNECK, in all directions, is now so scarce that I have not heard more than three or four in the ; In the following year he says, " This bird appears to decrease in number every year in the ; Mr. Fitch has found nests several times in the Bird- brook District, twice at Maldon, and twice at Ra3' Family ALCEDINID.^. Kingfisher : Alcedo ispida. A resident throughout the county, I believe, though nowhere common. On the saltings round our coast, Mr. Fitch says it becomes much more common during winter than it is in summer. Around Sudbury, King says (20) that it was " not uncom- mon," in 1838. The Rev. J. C. Atkinson says (36. 98) : " In my fishing and other excursions in Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk, and Herefordshire, I used to see many pairs; each, however, domiciled at some distance from its nearest neighbours. Mr. Buxton says (47. 87) it is " not unfrequently seen by the ponds and streams in the Forest. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Christ
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