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

 and only travel sonth when the rivers freeze." 

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

 " No; they burrow tnnnels 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 



t^4jf^ a few fish-bones." 



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Belted Kingfisher. 



The Belted Kingfisher 



Length about thirteen inches. 



A long, bristling crest ; bill longer than head, stout, straight, 

 and sharp. 



Leaden-blne above, with many white bands and spots on the 

 short, square tail and long, pointed wings. 



