. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. nil-: A/: accomplish, owing to the extreme wariness of the hird tVom r('i>fated persecution. The presence of the Kingfisher in one's neiglibourhood can be detected from some distance by the faint cry which falls upon the ear from afar. note, which is a shrill, but not unmusical, .scream, generally consists of two syllables, but is very difficult to i-ender in language. Naumann gives it as ti-li; which is by no means a bad of the cry; and these syllables are quickly repeated as the bird leaves its perch and skims ov
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. nil-: A/: accomplish, owing to the extreme wariness of the hird tVom r('i>fated persecution. The presence of the Kingfisher in one's neiglibourhood can be detected from some distance by the faint cry which falls upon the ear from afar. note, which is a shrill, but not unmusical, .scream, generally consists of two syllables, but is very difficult to i-ender in language. Naumann gives it as ti-li; which is by no means a bad of the cry; and these syllables are quickly repeated as the bird leaves its perch and skims over the .stream. The flight is rapid and very direct, the bird speeding like a Inillet a little height above the surface of the water. When suddenly disturbed, it utters its cry shortly after leaving its perch, and then flies for some distance in silence ; but when passing unmolested from one resting- j)lace to another, its shrill note may be heard at frequent intervals. Just before perching, the cry is uttered three or four times suc- cessively—li-ti-ti. When resting, it sits uprightly, witli the glance directed downwai-ds, motionlessly scanning the stream beneath, in- tent on the capture of any fish or water insect which may come within its reach. Its unening dive seldom proves fi-uitless ; and when secured, a few smai't raps on its perch, to which the bird always returns, dejjrive the victim of life, after which it is imme- diately swallowed. Except in the early morning, it seldom chooses a very open position for its rest- ing-place ; but in the autumn, when the migration is in progress, at break of day it is not-unusual to see two, or even three, birds in company on a rail or on the side of a punt; in the day-time, however, it loves solitude, and seldom more than one can be seen at once, and then it affects more .shady and secluded haunts. In ^ general it is a lonely bird, jealous of intrusion, especially from in- ^^:^^ dividuals of its own species. Each pair appears to ch
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