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find, as is generally the case where the nest has been used for a num- 

 ber of years that it would be lined with the bones of fishes that the 

 young had been fed upon. 



Photo from life by J. B. Pardoe. 



"LET GO MY WING." 



Salt water rivers and bays prove just as attractive to these crested 

 fishers as do inland waters and they are commonly found along the 

 coast, where they fish for the smaller fry near shore, leaving to the Os- 

 preys the duty of catching the larger ones. Their vision is so keen 

 that though the surface of the water may be ruffled so that a person can 



Photo from hfe by J. 



YOUNG KINGFISHERS. 



