. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 136 BIRDS OF AMERICA throat, and chin), the lower chest crossed by a broad band heavily spotted with greenish-black, the lower breast, also with a similar, but usually less distinct, band ; white of under parts tinged with buff, especially the chin, throat, and upper chest, which are sometimes wholly light buff. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : A burrow in a bank. Eggs : 5 or 0, pure porcelain white, thin-shelled, de- posited in the hollowed-out end of the cavity on the bare floor. Distribution.— Southern Texas and Mexico, south to Panama. The Texas Kingfishe
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 136 BIRDS OF AMERICA throat, and chin), the lower chest crossed by a broad band heavily spotted with greenish-black, the lower breast, also with a similar, but usually less distinct, band ; white of under parts tinged with buff, especially the chin, throat, and upper chest, which are sometimes wholly light buff. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : A burrow in a bank. Eggs : 5 or 0, pure porcelain white, thin-shelled, de- posited in the hollowed-out end of the cavity on the bare floor. Distribution.— Southern Texas and Mexico, south to Panama. The Texas Kingfisher, since it occurs only in the southern parts of Texas, is essentially a Mexican, if not a Central American, bird. The rattle of this small fisherman is like that of the lusty northern but absurdly weaker. Like its big relative, however, it has very strong convictions as to its fishing rights, and fiercely attacks any member of its species whicli ven- tures on its preserve. It usually watches for fish from a rock in the stream, or even from a sand bar. On land it waddles awkwardly, jerk- ing its tail as it Drawing by R. I. Brasher TEXAS KINGFISHER (,i nat. size) Like the northern species, this Kingfisher nests in a hole which it digs in a bank, and the work of excavation is shared by the male and the female, who take turns. Floods due to cloud- bursts destroy many of these nests in the bird's Texan 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 Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943. New York, The University Society
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