. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE KINGFISHER ALGl^BO ISPIDA. Back azure-blue; head and wing-coverts bluish green, spotted with azure-blue ; under and behind the eye a reddish band passing into white, and beneath this a band of azure-green ; wings and tail greenish blue ; throat white; under plumage rusty orange-red. Length seven inches and a quarter, width ten inches. Eggs glossy white, nearly round. Halcyon clays, every one knows, are days of peace and tranquillity, when all goes smoothly, and nothing occurs to ruffle the equanimity of the most irascible member ol a household ; but
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE KINGFISHER ALGl^BO ISPIDA. Back azure-blue; head and wing-coverts bluish green, spotted with azure-blue ; under and behind the eye a reddish band passing into white, and beneath this a band of azure-green ; wings and tail greenish blue ; throat white; under plumage rusty orange-red. Length seven inches and a quarter, width ten inches. Eggs glossy white, nearly round. Halcyon clays, every one knows, are days of peace and tranquillity, when all goes smoothly, and nothing occurs to ruffle the equanimity of the most irascible member ol a household ; but it may not be known to all my younger leaders that a bird is in any way concerned in bringing about this happy state of things. According to the ancient naturalists the Halcyon, our Kingfisher, being especially fond of the water and its products, chooses to have even a floating nest. ]^ow the surface of the sea is an unfit place whereon to construct a vessel of any kind, so the. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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