Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 428
ine quills. But, asked Benny, where is its drum.and what has become of its snowshoes ? His uncle placed the birds foot in a betterlight and said, Here are the partridges snow-shoes ; you see they are not quite so clumsy asours. They do not prevent it from runningthrough the brush or walking along… … THE DRlMMER S BARE FOOT. THE DRUMMER S SNOUSHOE. develop, appearing first as a row of pointedscales. During the autumn they continue togrow steadily, until winter finds the partridgeready for any amount of snow,—its feathers, too,are then in perfection, — and it is able to runalong the tops of the…
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