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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 431

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 431 — st only six inches, the largest, the Cali-fornia flying-fish, eighteen inches. H. M. S. A FOOLISH DOVE This is a picture of the nest of a common mourn-ing-dove built on a flat-topped fence post in acemetery at Fulton, Illinois. While somewhat protected by vines and bushes,the nest was plainly… … THE NEST OF A MOURNING-DOVE ON A FENCE POST.Compared with the nests of most other birds, this is unique in struc-ture and location, but is characteristic of the bird. The nest is alwaysloosely constructed and often on the top of a stump. It is not known how—perhaps by some prowlingcat, or maybe…

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