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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 107

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, or six in number, are laid about themiddle of May. When the young are firsthatched, they are scrawny, uninteresting-lookingbabies, and, in point of fact, the old birds them-selves are not very beautiful. Those in the 78 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Nov. photograph were taken when they were… … HERONS ABOUT THREE WEEKS OLD.At this time they stand about in the bushes, with their lung necksstretched up, probably in an endeavor to imitate, as closely as pos-sible, the surrounding branches, and thus escape any lurking enemy. sible, the surrounding branches and thus escapeany lurking enemy. In…

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