. Bird-lore . ears later I was watching near the bank of a salt-water creek for theappearance of a Woodchuck at the mouth of his hole, when a Kingfisher sud-denly flew up from somewhere below the bank, where, I could not see. He hadeither been on a low rock (jr on the mud itself. The former ma\- have been thecase, for I have seen Kingfishers fishing from perches not over a foot above thewater. This question still remains to be KIXOFISHERPhotographed by Henry R. Carey 164 Bird-Lore Only once have I seen a pellet of fish-bones and scales being disgorged fromthe birds beak, as he sat on
. Bird-lore . ears later I was watching near the bank of a salt-water creek for theappearance of a Woodchuck at the mouth of his hole, when a Kingfisher sud-denly flew up from somewhere below the bank, where, I could not see. He hadeither been on a low rock (jr on the mud itself. The former ma\- have been thecase, for I have seen Kingfishers fishing from perches not over a foot above thewater. This question still remains to be KIXOFISHERPhotographed by Henry R. Carey 164 Bird-Lore Only once have I seen a pellet of fish-bones and scales being disgorged fromthe birds beak, as he sat on his hunting perch. These pellets are found whereverthe birds are accustomed to sit for any length of time. I once found one com-pletely composed of various parts of the shell of a small crab. Only a few dayslater I had the pleasure of seeing a crab actually caught. The bird capturedhim by diving in the usual way and took him to a low rock where he proceededto bang him just as he would have done to a minnow. During this process thecrab, which measured an inch and a half sideways across the shell, lost severallegs and was dropped upon the rock, from which by a considerable effort he man-aged to fall by scrambling to the edge with his remaining legs. The bird, perhapsseeing that he was rather a large morsel to swallow whole, then forgot him com-pletely and went on with his tishing. Two summers ago I found myself wishing intensely
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