. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . all, flat, and hooked at the tip ; theeyes are large, full, and black ; the legs areshort, rough, and scaly, and feathered below theknee. The male is distinguished from the female 22 Birds of Canada. by an oval white spot, near the end of the firstthree quill feathers. Nests, on the bare ground,sometimes on a rock ; eggs, two, grayish-white,spotted with brown and lavender. Its food con-sists entirely of moths, gnats, beetles, and othernight insects. C. carolincnsis.—The Chuck-Wills Wi
. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . all, flat, and hooked at the tip ; theeyes are large, full, and black ; the legs areshort, rough, and scaly, and feathered below theknee. The male is distinguished from the female 22 Birds of Canada. by an oval white spot, near the end of the firstthree quill feathers. Nests, on the bare ground,sometimes on a rock ; eggs, two, grayish-white,spotted with brown and lavender. Its food con-sists entirely of moths, gnats, beetles, and othernight insects. C. carolincnsis.—The Chuck-Wills Widow. The Chuck-Wills Widow closely resemblesthe Whip-poor-will in general appearance. Thisinteresting bird is a very rare visitor in derives its name from its repeated utteranceof a cry that exactly resembles the words ^cJuickwiWs ividowr Like the other members of theGoat-Sucker Family, this bird is nocturnal, seek-ing its food by night. Nests, on the ground ;eggs, two, grayish-white, mottled with buff. Birds of Canada. 23 SUB-ORDER CLAMATORES. (SCREAMERS). Family ALCEDINID^. THE BELTED KINGFISHER. Ccryle alcyon.—The Belted Kingfisher. This bird is a very common summer residentof Canada. It arrives here about the tenth ofApril. The plumage of this pretty bird is lightblue above, marked with a great number of darkstreaks caused by the blue-black shaft of eachfeather. The wings are blackish-brown, boundwith white, and variegated with blue ; the head,with a crest; a band across the breast and sidesof the same color as the back ; the tail, withtransverse bands and spots of white. Length,twelve inches. Nests, in a long winding hole in asand-bank; eggs, six, pure white. Feeds upon fish. 24 Birds of Canada. Family COLOPTERID^. THE FLY-CA TCHERS. Sub-Family TyranniNtE.—Tyrant Fly-catchers.
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