Belted kingfisher


a grayish-blue, North American kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, having a white breast marked with a grayish-blue band.
Historical Examples

Poachers and Poaching John Watson
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
The Spring of the Year Dallas Lore Sharp
Endurance Test Alan Douglas
Some Spring Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

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