June 5. — A Kingfisher, Geryle alcyon, 
was seen going into a hole in a sand-bank 
and Banks followed him. After a hard dig 
of about five feet he came to the nest and 
took out six fresh eggs. 
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382. Belted Kingfisher. Common. Arrives 
on its northern migration about the second 
week in April and departs about the last of 
I October. The nest is placed in a sand bank at 
(the end of an excavation which is often five 
feet in length. The eggs are usually seven in 
number, and are pure white in color with a 
rosy tinge. The measurement of a set of seven 
//is: 1 3-8 in. by 1 1-36 in., 1 3-8 in. by 1 1-36 in., 
13-8 in. by 1 in., 1 11-36 in. by 1 1-16 m., 
1 11-30 in. by 1 1-16 in., 1 11-36 in. by 1 1-16 in., 
1 11-36 in. by 1 1-16. The food of this bird 
consists' of small frogs and fish which they 
kill by batting them from side to side on a 
limb and then swallow them whole. 
o. %© a SV, =1*300, 1890, 
Belted Kingfisher. 
First observed this year on April 4. 
Became common April 26. On May 2 
I a pair had dug a hole in about four inches. 
On the tenth as the men were going to 
| work at the bank I dug it out. Hole was 
J six feet long and ready for eggs. 
I On May 13 the hole (a new one, ten 
J feet from the first) had been dug in a little 
| over two feet. On the 20th I dug it out. 
| It was three feet long and contained two 
eggs. 
On the 22d I found that the birds had 
, started a new hole near the others, in fact, 
| between the two, and had dug in about 
| eight inches. On June 2 I dug this hole 
\ out. The hole went in just four feet and 
j contained three eggs. 
On the 6th of June I dug out the fourth 
and last hole. It was about one hundred 
j feet from the others and was just ready for 
] eggs. This hole went in a few inches 
j over six feet. 
Between the second and third holes the 
birds dug another hole a few inches deep, 
j but struck a rock and had to try again. 
Arthur M. Farmer. 
Amoskeag, N.H. 
O.& O Vol.17, Sept. 1892 P.131 
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I found three Kingfisher’s nests, each con- 
taining seven eggs. Set No. 1 had incubation 
advanced about one-third. Set No. 2 was very 
far advanced ; this set I did not take. I caught 
the females of both sets. Set No. 3 had incu- 
bation in six eggs advanced about one-third, 
the other egg was perfectly fresh and looked as 
if it might have been laid that morning. I 
found the fourth nest but got there too late, as 
some boys had just finished digging: the eggs ! 
out, and broke them all, as the shells were lay- j 
ing on the ground. 
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Someof my Best Finds to June 8 , 1892. 
A.jfl.Kibbe. 
May 11. Set of seven Kingfisher. 
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