Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 464
such a goodchance I did so, much to the dislike of thebirds who kept making swoops at me. The nest of a chimney-swift is not made, likethat of most birds, of hair, leaves, or grass, butof small twigs which the swift gathers whileflying, and which are stuck together with thebirds saliva, which is… … LOOKING DOWN A CHIMNEV NEAR BY I SAW A NESTWITHIN THREE FEET OP THE TOP. sometimes to fly a thousand miles in twenty-four hours. Chimney-swifts are good friendsof the fire insurance companies because theyknock the soot down and make it less easy forthe chimnevs to catch fire. TI.MM\ rooLH AND…
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