. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. TWO ODD FELLOWS 319 As they live on fish, they make their home near water, and only travel south when the rivers ; " Do they build nests in trees?" asked Dodo. " No; they burrow tunnels in the earth of river banks, and put their nests at the end of them, just as the Bank Swallow does ; only the King- fisher's tunnel is much larger, and his nest is not nicely lined with feathers — the young often have ^^ no softer bed than ^ '"^ a few ;. Belted Kingfisher. The Belted Kingfisher
. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. TWO ODD FELLOWS 319 As they live on fish, they make their home near water, and only travel south when the rivers ; " Do they build nests in trees?" asked Dodo. " No; they burrow tunnels in the earth of river banks, and put their nests at the end of them, just as the Bank Swallow does ; only the King- fisher's tunnel is much larger, and his nest is not nicely lined with feathers — the young often have ^^ no softer bed than ^ '"^ a few ;. Belted Kingfisher. The Belted Kingfisher Length about thirteen inclies. A long, bristling crest; bill longer (luin head, stout, straight, and sharp. Leaden-blue above, wilh many ^vhite bands and spots on the short, square tail and long, pointed 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 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York, The Macmillan Company
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