Natural history of animals; . Fig. 117 86 VERTEBRATES : BIRDS. each other. The last two are each about ten incheslong, and dark, marked with white. The Chuck-willsWidow gets its name from its notes, which soundlike chuck-wills-zvidow, and the Whippoorwill from aresemblance of its notes to the syllables whip-poor-will,uttered in the evening and at dawn. They make nonest, but lay their eggs on the ground, or a flat rock. Kingfishers. These Birds feed upon fish, and make their nests inholes which they dig in the banks of ponds and have a long, straight bill, and short legs. TheBelted
Natural history of animals; . Fig. 117 86 VERTEBRATES : BIRDS. each other. The last two are each about ten incheslong, and dark, marked with white. The Chuck-willsWidow gets its name from its notes, which soundlike chuck-wills-zvidow, and the Whippoorwill from aresemblance of its notes to the syllables whip-poor-will,uttered in the evening and at dawn. They make nonest, but lay their eggs on the ground, or a flat rock. Kingfishers. These Birds feed upon fish, and make their nests inholes which they dig in the banks of ponds and have a long, straight bill, and short legs. TheBelted Kingfisher, of North America, is nearly as large. Fig. 118. — Belted Kingfisher. as a small Dove, the head crested, the color blue aboveand white below, with a blue belt. Sitting on a branch TERCHERS. 87 or decayed tree near the water, it watches intently forfish ; and at the proper moment it plunges into thewater, seizes its victim, flies to a tree, swallows the fish,and is immediately on the lookout for another. Flycatchers. There are about thirty kinds of these Birds in NorthAmerica. The bill is broad and bent down at the tip,and the sides of the mouth have stiff bristles. TheKingbird, Pewees, and Great-crested Flycatcher aresome of the most common and best known Kingbird is somewhat smaller than a Robin, and
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