. . EUROPEAN KINGFISHER.(Alcedo ispida.)9-10 Life-size. Copytiglited 1900. byA. W. Mumford, LYRE Life-size. FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 473 quickly away, often uttering a feeble seep, seep as hegoes. The nest is said to be made of the fish bones ejected bythe bird, while the real facts are that they not only nest, butroost, in holes, and it must follow that vast quantities ofrejected fish bones accumulate, and on these the eggs areof necessity laid. These eggs are very beautiful objects, being of a deeppinkish hue, usually
. . EUROPEAN KINGFISHER.(Alcedo ispida.)9-10 Life-size. Copytiglited 1900. byA. W. Mumford, LYRE Life-size. FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 473 quickly away, often uttering a feeble seep, seep as hegoes. The nest is said to be made of the fish bones ejected bythe bird, while the real facts are that they not only nest, butroost, in holes, and it must follow that vast quantities ofrejected fish bones accumulate, and on these the eggs areof necessity laid. These eggs are very beautiful objects, being of a deeppinkish hue, usually six in number. The food of the kingfisher is not composed entirely offish, the remains of fresh-water shrimps being found intheir stomachs, and doubtless other animals inhabiting thewaters are from time to time devoured. The English kingfisher, says Dixon, remains through-out the year, but numbers perish when the native streamsare frozen. THE LYRE-BIRD If Australia were noted for no other thing than theancient and strange animal forms which are to be foundnowhere else on the earth, it would still be a wonderfulcontinent. Not the least remarkable of these f
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