Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 541
. NOT SHARPENING, BUT CLEANING, THE BILL Short Hills, N. J.Dear St. Nicholas: The other day I saw a sparrowrubbing his beak on the peak of our roof. He flew awayand a few minutes later I saw him doing the same thingon a branch. He went through all the motions of sharp-ening a knife with a steel.… … THE SPARROW CLEANING HIS BILL. fully watch a flock of sparrows when they alightafter being frightened away from their food onthe ground, I believe you may observe several, ifnot all, of the birds cleaning their bills by rub- bing them on the perching place. Every carefulbird student must have…
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