Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 681
THE BARN-SWALLOW. be to render the tail inconspicuous when closed;that, at least, is the effect, when one or two ofthe central feathers only are seen from above.Some of these birds have a habit of flashing, orsuddenly expanding and refolding, the tail. Theeffect is almost like the sudden turning on… … THE TAIL OF THE BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. diminishing in size with each feather until it islost or barely discernible in the two middle ones; IQI2.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 1131 or, again, the outer feather on each side may beentirely white, the next one or two nearly so,while all the rest…
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