Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 642
d, knowing only enough to open itsmouth when it hears the old bird return to the nest,and to swallow the focd placed in its open bill. Farfrom knowing by instinct how to use its wings, asthe young chick does its legs, it does not learn thisuntil it is well grown, and has had several lessonsin… … MALLARD DUCKS. entire care of themselves, and do not need a mother little chick of the barn-yard; and, indeed, the youngto watch over them; others, on the contrary, are of all the Raseres, or scratching birds, such as theI perfectly helpless, and need teaching before they hen, the quail, the…
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