30 AUGUST 1919, Page 17

HOOKING A KINGFISHER.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,--A remarkable exploit of a small nephew of mine may interest your readers. Fishing for dace, and throwing his line behind a bush, he hooked and landed a kingfisher, which must have taken the fish just as he had it on the hook. He released the bird, apparently none the worse.—I am, Sir, &c., Okehampton, Devon. T. II. ORMSTON PEASE.