Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 286
re repaired in the most wonderful way. The feathers begin to drop from the middle ofthe wing. Only two are lost at a time, and theyare from exactly the same place in each wing.New ones at once sprout from the holes left bythe falling feathers. When they are about halfgrown, two more feathers are… … THF, BOBOLINK IN HIS SPRING SUIT, AND IN HISTRAVELING COSTUME. most ones, the third pair will fall from towardthe body, or innermost ones. So the repair of the engine, or molt of thewings, continues. First a pair from the outerhalf, then a pair from the inner. The process isslow, for it waits on…
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