Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 658
king-birds in my garden were remark-ably tame. One would often sing all night, sit-ting on the chimney or housetop, or repeatingover and over the repertoire of imitations whichbecomes monotonous to some people. They madelife miseral^le to the dogs and cats, biting them,pulling them, and trying to… … THE TAME OCTOPUS. a dogs tail. This trick was so common that Tonce heard a man explain it as an attempt toobtain hair with which to line the nest! Itwas merely the birds effort to drive everybodyand any animal away from the vicinity of its nestand young in the adjacent orange-trees. Theblackbirds…
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