Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 400
angement for the benefit ofthe plant; but the humming-bird knows not whether theplant thrives by this sort offood. He knows only thathe himself is very fortunatewhen he finds such a well-stored flower,—a sort of top-shelf where his preserves are kept. The peculiar humming noise which gives the… … 870 FOR MIDDLE-AGED LITTLE FOLK. [September, thus to balance itself; and if its wings were notvery large, long and pointed, quite out of propor-tion to its size, it would be impossible for it toendure the continued exertion necessary in thussustaining its stationary position in the air. Themuscular…
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