Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 344
uch situa-tions, he is obliged to mount into the air a distanceof about fifty feet, and by a rapid, fluttering move-ment of his wings keep himself suspended untilhe has singled out a likely victim, when, dartingdown, he secures it, and flies away to the shore. Often he descends to within two or… … .%3j>. THE LONG-TAILED KING-FISHER, NEW GUINEA. others, after a short struggle, he emerges withnothing in his bill, the game having wriggledloose and escaped, even so skillful a sportsman ashe, it would seem, not being entirely exempt fromthe uncertainties of fishermens luck. In some localities…
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