Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 132
ey, and I ascended to the nest. We found their bed, or nest, made of the coarsesttwigs and pieces of sticks. It contained four eggs,about the size of goose-eggs, but they were of abuff color, while goose-eggs are white. When we came down, and as we were talkingabout the nest, the idea struck me… … I REMOUNTED THE LADDER, AMI CAREFULLY CHANCED THE ECGS. their heads back, extend their legs, and with out-stretched wings soar very high. Their move-ments, when on the ground in search of food, areequally graceful and picturesque ; they take longand measured strides, and strut about in…
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