. The birds of Canada [microform] : with descriptions of their plumage, habits, food, song, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure. Birds; Oiseaux. ;r j^irds of C(^nad(i. 2f SUB-ORDER CLAMATORES. (SCREAMERS.) Family ALCEDINID/E. THE KING- FISHERS. is a. :c rk iie ll-. BELTED KINGFISHER. Cerylc alcyon.âThe Belted Kingfisher. This bird is a very common summer resident of Canada. It arrives here about the tenth of April. The plumage of this pretty bird is bright blue above, marked with a great number of dark streaks caused by the blue-black shaft of each feather. The wings are blackish-brown
. The birds of Canada [microform] : with descriptions of their plumage, habits, food, song, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure. Birds; Oiseaux. ;r j^irds of C(^nad(i. 2f SUB-ORDER CLAMATORES. (SCREAMERS.) Family ALCEDINID/E. THE KING- FISHERS. is a. :c rk iie ll-. BELTED KINGFISHER. Cerylc alcyon.âThe Belted Kingfisher. This bird is a very common summer resident of Canada. It arrives here about the tenth of April. The plumage of this pretty bird is bright blue above, marked with a great number of dark streaks caused by the blue-black shaft of each feather. The wings are blackish-brown, bound with white, and variegated with blue; the head, with a crest; a band across the breast and sides of the same color as the back ; the tail, with transverse bands and spots of white. Length, twelve inches. Nests, in a long winding hob in a sand-bank; eggs,six,pure white. Feeds upon fish, â \\\ -I '.'ll. 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 Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897. Toronto : Rowsell and Hutchison
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