Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 100
hen darting about among thebushes, really looks as bright as a flash of fire.The nest of the flower-picker of Borneo is aboutthe shape and size of a goose-egg. It is built offine green moss and a sort of brown silky massof threads or fibers from a plant, and lined with afew small feathers. One of… … THE AUSTRALIAN FLOWER-PICKERS AND THEIR NEST. ceeded by great care in bringing it up, feeding itfirst on rice and bananas. As soon as it was strongenough it was placed in a small cage. Althoughvery restless, never being for a moment still, it wasquite tame and fearless, and would sit upon the…
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