The Kingfishers and their King Row. 



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When liberated on August !2tli, at the age of thirty-three days, the young King- 

 fishers were suddenly thrown upon their own resources, and it was questionable whether 

 the}' would be able to recover the instinct to seek and capture jjrey. However, tlie\' 

 were strong and healthy, and I hope that nature came to their aid not onh' in prompting 

 them to find food, but in starting them south later in the autumn. 



Fig. 07. Kingfishers twenty-two days old. Placed in line to illustrate habit of walking back- 

 wards. The second bird at the left has already broken ranks and taken a few back\A'ard steps. 

 August I, 1900. 



