Birds of Canada. 23 
SUB-ORDER CLAMATORES. 
(SURE AMERS). 
FAMILY ALCEDINIDA. 7HE KING- 
FISHERS: 
BELTED KINGFISHER. 
Ceryle alcyon.—The Belted Kingfisher. 
This bird is a very common summer resident 
of Canada. It arrives here about the tenth of 
April. The plumage of this pretty bird is light 
blue above, marked with a great number of dark 
streaks caused by the blue-black shaft of each 
feather. The wings are blackish-brown, bound 
with white, and variegated with blue; the head, 
with a crest ; a band across the breast and sides 
of the same color as the back; the tail, with 
transverse bands and spots of white. Length, 
twelve inches. Nests, in a long winding hole ina 
sand-bank; eggs, six, pure white. Feeds upon fish. 
