Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 550
heir young unconcernedlynear the clanging bells of a clock-tower; and apair of linnets once worked a week carrying twigsinto a clothes-pin bag that hung by my kitchendoor. But who would expect to find the downy nest-cup of a tiny humming-bird within twelve feet ofa great whirling dynamo ! Such was… … CACTUS WREN HOMES. Photographed by Chase Thorn on the outskirts of Redlands, California Notice the tally-cards appropriated by the builders, doubtless because of the cords attached. 1036 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Sept., MILKWEED POD PARROT By a little skill in the use of a knife, a…
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