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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 785

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ry good name—as Mexican names ofbirds and flowers usually are. Such an originalbird ought to have something out of the ordinaryin its make-up, and, accordingly, the road-runnerhas a foot different from most other birds, andthus writes an uncommon signature. For somereason, Nature has made half his… … A YOUNG ROAD-RUNNER ON THE NEST tribe, unless you match him against the ostrich,which would hardly be fair. One of our pictures shows a young road-runnerin the nest before it is able to fly—or, what ismore to the point, to run, for this bird makeslittle use of its wings except for what aviatorscall…

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