Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 90
es quite-large; they are also very fragrant. So we consider them as one ofthe most beautiful and sweet of all our wild flowers. Yours truly, S. S. GOOD MOTHER WOODCOCK. My friend the woodcock has an excellent wife,and an excellent mother — that is, an excellentmother to his children. He may have… … 1 con- Ngilfepfess that,like BrotherBoreas, I m alittle long-windedthis time, is that theoffspring of my friend Wood-cock actually are carried about by their motherwhen they are too young to escape from dangerunaided. She does not carry them by her bill (no,even the cat-bird would not attempt…
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