Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 305
from the shore it is quite shallow, sothat a wharf two hundred and fifty feet long wasnecessary to make it easy to launch our small row-boats. A railing extends along the side of thewharf, and upon this railing the kingfisher perches,watching for his prey. He understands fishing much better than… … THE BELTED KINGFISHER. and brings it up with his stout beak, and thenbeats it upon the railing to make it limp and tenderbefore swallowing. It is not so very surprising that he is such anexpert fisher, for during the winter it is his onlyoccupation; he has no family to look after now,and he is so…
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