Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 608
es her nestin some smooth, dead limb, where a hole is boredjust large enough to admit the bird. Once inside,she enlarges the cavity, so as to provide ampleroom for the young brood. The eggs, usually four in number, are deposited on soft chips ofdead wood, no other nest being made. They areof a… … THE MENDED CLAM-SHELL—FROM THE OUTSIDE. of long clams (or soft shells, as they are some-times called) from boys in that neighborhood. While looking over a mess one day, I noticedone shell that was broken from end to end; andthinking that the animal must be injured or theshell filled with sand, I…
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