PLATE I 

 KINGFISHER. Alcedo tspida 



June 26th, 1898. Mildenhall, Suffolk. The Kingfisher nest was in a hole 

 beside the roots of the willow-tree depicted in this Plate. I watched the 

 old birds for two days before I saw them go to the nest. There were seven 

 fully-fledged young ones in it, and from the lateness of the date I should 

 imagine that it was a second nest; probably the first nest had been 

 destroyed. 



VOL. iv. x 8 1 



