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Fig. 247. — Belted kingfisher. (Photo, by Hegner.) 



and adults are all so much like their surroundings in color that 

 it is very difficult to see them. 



Fig. 248. — Nighthawk sitting on her two eggs which were laid 

 on a pebbly hillside. (Photo, by Hegner.) 



