Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 224
are as soft as a bluebirds. But ifyou watch the nuthatch you will see that he runsdownward quite as easily as upward, and thatthe end of his tail does not press the barkwhile he is climbing. In the meantime our woodpecker has stopped singing, and has flown to a nearby dead treeon whose soft,… … SECTION OF A TREE SHOWING HOLES MADE BY A WOODPECKER- pithy chips fall steadily, and we not only seethe use of his chisel-shaped bill, but learn anadditional reason for the strong, bristly tail. Have you ever seen a lineman repair-ing a telegraph wire at the top of a pole, oran electric-light man…
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