TWO ODD FELLOWS 



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As they live on fish, they make their home near water, 

 and only travel south when the rivers freeze." 

 " Do they build nests in trees?" asked Dodo. 

 " No; they burrow tunnels in the earth of river banks, 

 and put their nests at the end of them, just as the Bank 



Swallow does ; only the King- 

 fisher's tunnel is much larger, 

 and his nest is not nicely 

 lined with feathers — 

 the young often have 

 ^^ no softer bed than 

 ^ '"^ a few fish-bones." 



Belted Kingfisher. 



The Belted Kingfisher 



Length about thirteen inclies. 



A long, bristling crest; bill longer (luin head, stout, straight, 

 and sharp. 



Leaden-blue above, wilh many ^vhite bands and spots on the 

 short, square tail and long, pointed wings. 



