ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS, 
5GT 
rAzvnLY ALCEDINID^: Kingfishers. 
Fig. 134. 
YfiLtOTr-fiTLLED CccKoo {CoccyguB Amerlcanua ), AfterBd., Br. and Ridg. 
Belted KnroFiSHER {Ceryle alcyon). After Bd., Br. and Ridg. 
141. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.), Bois. BELTED KINGFISHER. Group II. 
Class b. 
A common summer resident, frequenting all our streams as long as they are 
free from ice. 
Food: Six specimens examined had eaten only fish. 
Fish (Wilson, Cooper). Mainly small fish (De Kay). Fish; occasionally a frog 
or meadow-mouse (Samuels). 
Family CIICI'LIBiE: Cuckoos. 
Fig. 135. 
