KINGFISHER’S NEST
The kingfisher, despite its gorgeous plumage, chooses for its nesting-place, a steep bank by a pond or riverside. Here it excavates with its bill a tunnel with an upward slope penetrating about two feet into the soil, although the distance may vary. The entrance is narrow, and there is no real nest, the glossy white eggs being deposited on an unsavoury deposit of fish-bones.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12471, 12 June 1926, Page 16
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66KINGFISHER’S NEST New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12471, 12 June 1926, Page 16
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