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THE BELTED KINGFISHER. toy 
waterfall, and, when heard in such a locality, is not disagree- 
able. When perched on a limb overhanging the water, he 
frequently jets his tail in the manner of the Pewee, and 
often descends from such a perch and seizes a frog or a fish; 
and I once shot one that had just seized a meadow mouse 
(arvicola) in this manner. The young usually remain in 
the hole in the bank until they are about fledged. I am 
inclined to think, that usually they return to these holes at 
night and in stormy weather, as I have frequently seen 
them about their nests long after they were fledged, and 
have even seen them passing into them at the close of the 
day. In migrating, the young leave their parents, and 
these even separate, and pursue their journey alone; and it 
is a case of rare occurrence that two are seen together 
after the latter part of August. 
