Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 219
ater num-ber of our land birds are hoppers. The sparrows, thrushes, warblers,woodpeckers, buntings, &c, are all hoppers. On page 215 he says:• Robins belong to the thrush family. . . . See the robin hops alongupon the ground. Plovers, sandpipers, and snipes run rapidly.Among the land-birds, the… … My Uncle Jehoshaphat had a pig, A pig of high degree ;And it always wore a brown scratch wig, Most beautiful for to see. My Uncle Jehoshaphat loved that pig,And the piggy-wig he loved him ; And they both jumped into the lake one day,To see which best could swim. 1S7G l FOR VERY LITTLE FOLKS. 201 My…
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