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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 361

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ther ? Does she feedthem in turn, or does she poke the food downthe first open mouth she sees ? Here is agood chance to e.vperiment, I thought. Sowith a good supply of 5 by 7 plates we watchedand photographed from early in the morningtill late in the afternoon for three days. At theend of that time… … ished chirp he dropped his worm, turned aback somersault, and all I saw was a meteorstreak of gray curving up over the pointed firs.I doubt if he lit or felt any degree of safetytill he reached the opposite bank of the river. We met his lordship again the following day.The mother was doing her best…

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