Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 473
a view to the foes tobe feared and the quarter from which attack isto be expected. It is not unreasonable to surmise that hadthe browsing animals of northern temperateregions—the home of Crataegus—been of thehorse kind, then the spurs of our plant wouldhave pointed at all angles indifferently. 460… … THE MOTMOT SWINGING ITS TAIL LIKE A PENDULUM.(Illustration used by courtesy of Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) the following interesting account of the Mexi-can motmot or pendulum bird:— The most remarkable characteristic of the bird is itslong tail, which is greenish blue in colo!, while thetwo…
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