Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 564
is being such a goodchance I did so, much to the dislike of thebirds who kept making swoops at me. The nest of a chimney-swift is not made, likethat of most birds, of hair, leaves, or grass, butof small twigs which the swift gathers whileflying, and which are stuck together with thebirds saliva,… … LOOKING DOWN A CHIMNEY NEAR BY I SAW A NESTWITHIN THREE FEET OF THE TOP. sometimes to fly a thousand miles in twenty-four hours. Chimney-swifts are good friendsof the fire insurance companies because theyknock the soot down and make it less easy forthe chimneys to catch fire. TIMMY TOOLE AND WILLIE…
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