Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 456
arles E. Bessey. ONE OF NATURES TRAGEDIESFor several days, my brother and I had beensearching the big pear-tree for the humming-birds nest that we felt sure was there. Everytime we came near the tree, the old bird left itwith a loud hum, so we were trying to see whereshe came from. At last we… … THE PEAR THAT KILLED THE YOUNG HUMMING-BIRDS. small navy beans. Just a few days after the dis-covery, the young birds burst their white prisonand appeared as two dark objects —long-billed,homely, wiggling. They grew with amazing rapid-ity, and then we noticed a pear, on the end of aslender twig…
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