Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 767
birds the mudstrengthened by grasses and various other plant fibres. cement is Geo.A.n.ir7^ WORKMEN MIXING CEMENT FOR A BUILDING. CLIFF SWALLOWS BUILDING MUD NESTS.Cliff swallows, like barn swallows, are masons, and they may be seenon muddy shores rolling the pellets of clay which enter into the… … THE NEST OF THE TAILOR-BIKD OF INDIA.It pierces holes along the edges of leaves and fastens them togetherby drawing through threads of grass, cotton, etc., even making knotsat the ends to prevent the threads from coming out.—ChamiLIN. some things long before man did them, and ofachieving great…
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