. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 178 TJIli KINGFISHER. h. m â } 11'' 11) ''ii W ? ^1 ' '»â " «oat on. i,. an band across chest. Tl,.. lood ul this bml consists mostly of lish, althouirh it also on annatir ; . is nudo anim;^ la.^e stonos, and is not coinposod only of fi hW^ tS^ c' o S ~u :' ''''"^''â â¢\'" t'"^ f'^"'^'^ '^It'u- the fashion of the well-known swallows' net Ihe oggs ar. lour m numler, and ivsumblo tho parent bird in their markin^^s. TV.;'^'''^'i'''
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 178 TJIli KINGFISHER. h. m â } 11'' 11) ''ii W ? ^1 ' '»â " «oat on. i,. an band across chest. Tl,.. lood ul this bml consists mostly of lish, althouirh it also on annatir ; . is nudo anim;^ la.^e stonos, and is not coinposod only of fi hW^ tS^ c' o S ~u :' ''''"^''â â¢\'" t'"^ f'^"'^'^ '^It'u- the fashion of the well-known swallows' net Ihe oggs ar. lour m numler, and ivsumblo tho parent bird in their markin^^s. TV.;'^'''^'i'''\''"*"''^' f" '"'''"V'' "^''-^''other species belon-in^'to tlie L'omis CWin This IS he GijKAT AwacAN ,, an inhabitant ofSo^o^al, Con,o, and "any mu ot Wcs orn ; a bird which well deserves its specific title of "nuLxi na," o, ?eai t as It . the argest species of the genus to which it bdongs, nieasurin-r nearly ifteen be ; : troni the point ut the very long beak to the ,nity of the rather "short tail ' It IS by no means a gaudy bird, possessing none of the metallic -reen and I,!,,,. plnmage winch is so conspicuous in many species belonging to the same ' â b, St r fV i"'"f "^'l'' bold and striking marks of bhaOcrwhite, and c ep ^ ,X' Ihe t. p o the head is black, w,lh the exception of a white streak that runs from the eve t>" elun IS grey, and the cheeks are pure while marked with a number of black ''..,â â¢â¢ which arrange themselves in several linos. The and under s^rh ce a^ j!^:^ i AxoTiiEK species of Ceryle, the Avn Wihtf KrvrprarrP fr-.âJn ?- â remarkable for the peculiarity of tinting from whS I le^ ^^ i ^"^L^J^Hi ^^^^^ The common is by far t he most gorgeously of all our indi-^enoiH bjuK^and can bear comparison with many of the gaily decorated inhabitants of fc'pS It is a sufricieutly common bird, altliough distr
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