own to happen many times.One spring a pair of house martins came back to their old nest, and wereseen to draw out the dead bodies of three little nestlings, that had not beenready to fly. - THE MARTIN. 59 Another pair of birds came to a nest close by, and tried to do the same.But the little ones… … THE MARTIX. The martins are a very numerous family, and are found almost every-where. Their flight is not quite so swift as that of the swallow, but the twobirds fly about together, and their habits are just alike. For some days after the young martins have left the nest, they fly aboutand are fed…
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