Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 181
e danger a safe distance away fromthe nest,almost permitting himself to be caught.Then he flew away to safety, to return in a fewminutes to the eggs. When the w^ngs and tail ofthe male are folded the bright marks are all con-cealed, and nothing could be more beautifully hidden in plain sight than… … THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE ATTACHES A HANGINGNEST TO A BRANCH, ^ NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOT.KS. 745 swifts are breaking off dead twigs for theircurious little glued-up bracket-ncst in tlie chim-ney ; and the dainty, moth-like little humming-birds are at work on their tiny cradles of plantdown,…
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