Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 97
fe than the crows were evereven accused of doing. A favorite food of the crow is the fresh-water mussel.Walking sedately along the shore, croaking softly andhungrily, he picks up grubs and keeps an eye out for amussel. When he sees one he snaps it up, and if hegets hold of its foot, he makes short… … IN DARTMOORE. BY WELLESLEY T. POLE (ENGLAND). ing up the fast-closed mussel, he drops it in some shallow-pool, and with eager eyes and bill awaits developments.The mussel, thinking itself free, little by little opensagain, when the alert crow seizes its foot, and with aquick wrench extracts the…
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