Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 562
rch were seen a few of the advance-guards. The owl had laid its eggs, the budshad swollen ready for opening, the skunk-cabbage had pushed its queer hood upthrough the old leaves on the ground in theswamp, and the mobses were greener frommany rains. The phcebe, the red-wingedblackbird, the… … The most interesting parts of the procession aresoon to be passing, and how many things thereare to be observed! None of us is more happy and expectant thanthe downy woodpecker, that has been with usall winter. Like a noisy boy that gets an old tin pan or pail, andbeats on it, sothis…
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