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Title: Our bird friends; containing many things young folks ought to know--and likewise grown-ups
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Burba, George Francis, 1865-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, The Outing publishing company

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im. They believed hecould calm the sea during the storm, and because during thedays the kingfisher or halcyon was nesting the sea was likelyto be smooth and placid, those ancients got to talking aboutthe halcyon days, days that were peaceful and pleasant andmild. Even to this day in parts of France you can hear some strangethings about the kingfisher. Many people believe that if youwill take a dead kingfisher and suspend it by the bill, that thebreast will always point to the north. Other folks say that ifyou will take a kingfisher and tie a string around its body andsuspend it from the ceiling, that the bill will point the directionfrom which the wind is blowing, even though no wind strikesthe bird. Still other superstitious people believe that if onewill tie a piece of the breast of a kingfisher about his neck hewill not drown, and there are those who carry the feathersof a kingfisher in their pockets to insure them luck. The favorite perch of the kingfisher is upon a dead snag that
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17 KINGFISHER. (Ceryle alcyon). ; Life-size. ^UMFORD, CHICAGO THE KINGFISHER 91 overlooks the water. There he will sit motionless and peerinto the stream for some minutes. Finally you will see himdart at the surface of the water like a blue streak, and arisewith a fish. He flies back to his perch and eats it, or takes itto his children six feet back in a hole where he has hollowedout a fine nest.

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