Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 395
within a few minutes therewere hundreds of them. From the feet of the great figure which holdsin its hand the fatal torch, the birds circling inthe rays of light above looked like a swarm ofgolden bees. In order that we might be amongthem we climbed the long spiral stairway, whichwinds around and… … Bobolink. Hooded Warbler. Song-sparrow. SOME NIGHT FLIERS. Dazzling white pathways stretched out on everyside into the blackness of the night. The birds came from the north. We couldfirst see them when they appeared at the end ofa lane of light. There they paused for a mo-ment. Then, as though…
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