Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 304
er-lined cradle in a tussock of the marsh, surrounded by water. lined, like most of those on the ground, withdowny feathers from the ducks breast. In thissoft bed the eggs lie warm even in the far North-east, where the Fourth-of-July temperature isonly a delusion. The eggs of wild ducks are so much… … A PAIR OF WOOD-DUCKS AND THEIR NESTING-PLACE—THE HOLLOW IN A TREE TRUNK.The wood-duck is the handsomest of our wild ducks, and one of the few which do not go far north to nest. 844 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [July, of eggs of the wood and the black ducks andmany others. The large eggs of…
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