Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 586
own wants.Whenever it perceives that one of its parents hascaptured an insect, it opens its mouth and flies nearthe old bird, which comes to meet it; and as thetwo pass each other in the air, the fly or grass-hopper is very dexterously transferred from thebeak of the old to that of the young bird.… … old birds have done and said everything possibleto encourage it, without success, they push it outof the nest, and drive it from one perch to an-other, until it is fairly out of the barn, when itusually finds no difficulty in flying. 558 ANNETTA PLUMMERS DIARY. [Ju> The chimney-swallow is…
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