. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. BELTED KINGFISHER. Ceryle alcyon. Char. Above, slaty blue; head with long crest; beneath, white. Male with blue band across breast. Female and young with breast-band and sides of belly pale chestnut. Length 12 to 13 inches. Nest. An excavation in a sandbank, — usually by the side of a stream; lined with grass and feathers. Eggs. 6-8; white and glossy; X This wild and grotesque-looking feathered angler is a well- known inhabitant of the borders of fresh waters from the re
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. BELTED KINGFISHER. Ceryle alcyon. Char. Above, slaty blue; head with long crest; beneath, white. Male with blue band across breast. Female and young with breast-band and sides of belly pale chestnut. Length 12 to 13 inches. Nest. An excavation in a sandbank, — usually by the side of a stream; lined with grass and feathers. Eggs. 6-8; white and glossy; X This wild and grotesque-looking feathered angler is a well- known inhabitant of the borders of fresh waters from the re- mote fur countries in the 67th parallel to the tropics. Its delight is to dwell amidst the most sequestered scenes of uncultivated nature, by the borders of running rivulets, near the roar of the waterfall, or amidst the mountain streamlets which abound with the small fish and insects that constitute its accustomed fare. Mill-dams and the shelving and friable banks of watercourses, suited for the sylvan retreat of its brood, have also peculiar and necessary attractions for our re- tiring Kingfisher. By the broken, bushy, or rocky banks of. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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