Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 272
tween the valves, and then turned so as to wedgeopen the shell; in fact, it is used as an oystermanuses his knife. The oyster is then cut away withthe upper blade and swallowed. Sometimes theoyster closes upon the whole beak, in which casethe bird bangs the shell against a stone so as tobreak the…
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