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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 306

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the reputation ofstealing the young of wild and domestic ani-mals, which it probably does in many places;but the charge of kidnapping or carrying awaychildren would be more difficult to verify.While eagles and some of the other larger birdsof prey, in various parts of the world, may havebeen guilty… … FIG. 3. THE SAME NEST. An eagle is flying to the tree. mailed and clenched foot, its great spread ofwing, and its powerful bill-hook. A bird whichwas sent to me last year measured seven anda half feet from tip to tip of the spread wings.The eagle is the emblem of bird strength theworld over, and he…

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