Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 538
ablylong, with a horny end, and a series of barbson both sides for spearing insects. Snipe and woodcock probe in rich and moistsoil of meadows and swamps. The upper partof the bill is sensitive and flexible near the tip.It is adapted for finding earthworms and then requires much effort and… … A family OF Wilsons snipe. (Showing the long bills for probing in the mud for earthworms.) io38 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Sept. SOME INTERESTING RESEMBLANCES. * Nature very frequently imitates for a pur-pose, as was explained regarding the moths,butterflies, and other insects mentioned…
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