Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 712
he hairy wood-pecker had drilled and nested; here, also, inwinter, the screech-owl found a shelter andhome from the fierce storms that swept over theswamp ; from its branch, in summer, the rattleof the belted kingfisher could be heard; and,perched on the summit of the broken shaft, the hen hawk… … self, a little distanceabove the old stub, onthe trout-brook, string-ing the last speckledbeauty, preparatory togoing home. Suddenlythe stillness was brokenby an ominous cry thatreverberated through theforest and echoed andreechoed from the neigh-boring hills. The hollowsound seemed to vibratethe…
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