Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 550
iny black peduncle. Thebody is a most brilliant emerald-green, and hewears a belt set with gems, shiny black in front,scarlet at the side, and golden behind. The restof his bright-green coat is dotted over with blackand gold. So you see he is a great swell from the cradle to the grave. Harry Fenn.… … Under the swaying lamp stood a table, at whichthe foreman sat to make out his records and re-ports, and the birds seemed in no way disturbedby his presence, as for two weeks or more theybuilt bit by bit their nest, within reach of his out-stretched arm. Strangest of all was the fact thatwithin the…
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