Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 351
ard aharsh, long-drawn whistling in the air. Lookingup, I saw only a flock of pigeons overhead. What,said I to myself; do Chinese pigeons whistle ! There was a Chinaman passing, so I asked himabout it. He took from his dress a set of smallbamboos, joined with fine wires,—as in the sketchwhich I… … of the wings. When the pigeon is flying, the windrushes into the bamboos, and makes them whistle.This scares away the hawks, so that the pigeon i88i.] JACK-IN-T HE-PULPIT. 331 can bring its message safely. Sometimes, there isonly one bamboo; but if there are more, they areassorted so as to make a…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 351](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial81dodg-351-269.webp)
