Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 721
e opportunities of which the barn-swal-lows and the oriole avail themselves, but this is allthat he does; and the fact that the birds do takeadvantage of the opportunities, shows that theyhave the power of improvement within themselves, them, and their improvement is the result of theiown efforts;… … ORIOLES AND TKEIR NEST. and ready to show itself as soon as occasion arises.Orioles and swallows are not domestic, like thevarious sorts of poultry; although they find it totheir interest to associate with man, they are theirown masters, and in this respect are as truly wildas those birds which…
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