BY INLAND WATERS 



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distracted mother, and never had the courage to go 

 back to see if they all died. I felt too sure they 



The kingfisher is extremely decorative as he perches 

 high over pond or river 



did. It was the first and the las.t kingfisher's nest 

 I ever attempted to excavate. 



Yet the people who stock their streams with 



