. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . Phtu bj SihiUitic Phiii. Lo.] LAUGHING-KINGFISHERS This ipecies has comparaiii:e[y dull-coloured f/luniiige I06 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. Fhotc by C, N. Mavroytni\ [^Smyrna KINGFISHER Tht photograph shoics the nature oj the Jai-ounie haunts of thn species bill, he tells us, is coral-red, theiinder-surface pure white, the backand wings deep purple, while theshoulders, head, and nape, and somespots on the upper part of the backand wings, are pure azure-blue. Thetail is white, narrowly edged withblue. These birds
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . Phtu bj SihiUitic Phiii. Lo.] LAUGHING-KINGFISHERS This ipecies has comparaiii:e[y dull-coloured f/luniiige I06 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. Fhotc by C, N. Mavroytni\ [^Smyrna KINGFISHER Tht photograph shoics the nature oj the Jai-ounie haunts of thn species bill, he tells us, is coral-red, theiinder-surface pure white, the backand wings deep purple, while theshoulders, head, and nape, and somespots on the upper part of the backand wings, are pure azure-blue. Thetail is white, narrowly edged withblue. These birds live upon insectsand small land-mollusca, which theydart down upon and pick up from theground just as the fish-eating speciespick up a fish. Of the forest-haunting species,however, the best known is probablythe large and, for a kingfisher, dull-coloured , Clock, of Australia. Itsfood is of a very mixed character —small mammals, reptiles, insects, andcrabs being devoured with equal it is not seldom to be seenbearing off a snake in its bill, it maybe regarded as a useful bird — sup-posing, of course, the snake to be ofa poisonous variety. A good idea ofthe bird in its na
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