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estate of Cefnmabley. Upon the river TafF, dviring the same period, the bird 

 had become more rare. The bones which form the nest of this bird are not so far 

 macerated as those found near the nests of hawks and owls, but are, nevertheless, 

 much mingled and dissolved. The kingfisher in Glamorganshire is still frequently 

 hung up by the beak to serve as a weather prophet. 



Arthdb Armitaqe, Esq., thought the kingfishers would follow a supply of the 

 food they lived on. Near his house he had cleaned out a pool and stocked it with 

 perch. It was a long distance from the river, and there had been no fish in it 

 for years — but the kingfisher, to his surprise, soon found it out — for one morning 

 his daughter brought one which had been choked by the fish it had eaten. 



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