Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 537
ike, and that the main advantage is a roof.Open-air nests are known to suffer often on ac-count of rain-storms. Scarcely a bird is able tobuild a perfectly rain-proof nest in the open. Sosome, the birds and other creatures which wehave been considering, have discovered this dis-tinct advantage in a… … -szyx^s1 NOW AND THEN A BEAR FINDS A SUITABLE PLACE TO HOLE UP IN THE DECAYED BASE OK A LARGE TREE. But he needs a door which the snow will be sure to block up and hide. this case I think the chief advantage of a treenest is that it is the one least liable to be robbed
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