. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. BELTED KINGFISHER 225 feathers of the back of the head long, often raised as a crest. Ad. 9. â Similar to $ â band across the belly and sides chestnut. Nest, in a deep hole in a bank of sand. Eggs, white. The Kingfisher is a summer resident of all parts of New England and New York, appearing in April, as soon as the. Fig. 68. Belted Kingfisher ice melts from the stream
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. BELTED KINGFISHER 225 feathers of the back of the head long, often raised as a crest. Ad. 9. â Similar to $ â band across the belly and sides chestnut. Nest, in a deep hole in a bank of sand. Eggs, white. The Kingfisher is a summer resident of all parts of New England and New York, appearing in April, as soon as the. Fig. 68. Belted Kingfisher ice melts from the streams and ponds, and staying till Octoher, Along Long Island Sound and in the lower Hudson Valley, where there is open water all winter, a Kingfisher is occasion- ally seen even at that season. Any point of lookout over the water may hecome the Kingfisher's perch, â spar-huoys and spindles in little coves and harbors, limbs of trees extending over quiet mill-ponds or pools in mountain streams. Here it sits and watches the water below, or when startled passes along the shore or up the brook, with a loud cry, like a watchman's rattle. It often hovers over one spot, with body nearly perpendicular, and wings beating rapidly, watching some fish below, ready to plunge and seize it in its long 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 Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Size: 1709px × 1463px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1904
