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VERTECy<ATES : BIRDS. 



each other. The hist two are each about ten inches 

 long, and dark, marl^ed witli «hite. The Chuck-will's 

 Widow gets its name from its notes, which sound 

 like cIiiu'k-iL'in's-'ioidozv, and the W'hippoorwill from a 

 resemblance of its notes to the syllables w/iip-poor-iii'i/l, 

 uttered in the evening and at daA\'n. They make no 

 nest, but lay their eggs on the ground, or a flat rock. 



Kingfishers. 



These Birds feed upon fish, and make their nests in 

 holes which the}' dig in the banks of ponds and streams. 

 They ha\X' a long, straight bill, and short legs. The 

 Belted Kingfisher, of North America, is nearly as large 



Fig. I iS. — Belted Kingfisher. 



as a small Do\'e, the head crested, the color blue above 

 and white below, with a blue belt. Sitting on a branch 



