. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . BELTED KINGFISHER. Adult male.—Under parts white, with blue gray belt across breast;crest and upper parts bluish gray ; nuchal collar white ; wing quills Fig. 2GO. marked with white ; tail with middle feathers bluish gray, the rest black,spotted with white. Adult female : similar, but belly partly banded andsides heavily washed with rufous. Young : like adults, but male withbreast band and sides tinged with rusty. Length ; , wing ,
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . BELTED KINGFISHER. Adult male.—Under parts white, with blue gray belt across breast;crest and upper parts bluish gray ; nuchal collar white ; wing quills Fig. 2GO. marked with white ; tail with middle feathers bluish gray, the rest black,spotted with white. Adult female : similar, but belly partly banded andsides heavily washed with rufous. Young : like adults, but male withbreast band and sides tinged with rusty. Length ; , wing , tail :;.80-4.:)0, bill 1 or more. Distribution. — North America from the Arctic Ocean south to Panamaand the West Indies. Breeds from the southern border of the UnitedStates northward ; accidental at the Hawaiian Islands. burrow 4 to 15 feet long, in railroad cuts or perpendicularbanks over water. Eggs: usually 5 to 8, white. Food. — Fish, and when not obtainable frogs, lizards, Crustacea, andinsects such as coleoptera, grasshoppers, and large black crickets. So long as the fishing is good the kingfisher is equally at home inMaine, southern Texas, or the Yosemite, but in the Sierra Nevadamountains the brown streams polluted by placer mining have noattraction for him, and whe
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