BIRDS OF INDIANA. 



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Inns; kind JKTOSS belly, rufous. Immature. Similar to adult, but 

 band across breast and sides tinged with rufous. 



Length, 13.50-14.50; wing, 9.10-9.50; tail, 3.80-4.30. 



RANGE. Forth America, from Panama and West Indies to Arctic 

 Ocean. Breeds from Florida and Texas, northward. Winters from 

 Virginia, southern Indiana, southern Illinois and Kansas, southward. 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Nest, a burrow in a steep bank, usually near water. Eggs, 5-8; pure 

 white; 1.36 by 1.05. 



Resident southward, the extent and number depending upon the 

 severity of the winter, and the number of open streams; common 

 summer resident northward. In the northern part of the State, they 

 usually depart late in October or early in November, and return in 



Syndactyle foot of Kingfisher. 



March and early April. During mild winters, they doubtless remain 

 wherever open water is found. Mr. Jerome Trombley says it is occa- 

 sionally seen in mild winters in Monroe County, Mich. (Cook, Birds 

 of Mich., p. 86), but in 1897 it was not seen until April 18. One was 

 reported from Dekalb County, February 15, 1888 (H. W. McBride). 

 He also notes it first seen in 1889, March 5. In 1893, it was first 



