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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 711

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 711 — first day of April there were two littleowls in the nest, and a day later a third ap-peared. They were queer-looking little birds,seeming to be nearly all head and eyes, andtheir bodies were covered with the softest ofdown. The young birds grew very slowly, althoughthe remains of fish, mice,… … PROVISIONS FOR THE DAY. of our birds—many young birds leaving thenest in from twelve to fifteen days, and thewoodcock, bob-white, and ruffed grouse inabout as many hours. During all this time the boy saw very littleof the parent birds, which was a great disap-pointment. It did not take him long to…

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