Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 109
f wild-cherrytrees and young beeches. Care-fully concealing myself beneath it, without any fearthat the workmen will hit me with a chip or let fall atool, I await the return of the busy pair. PresentlyI hear the well-known note, and the female sweepsdown and settles unsuspectingly into the… … Birds Nests 89 male, with a tuft of wool in his beak (for there is asheep pasture near), joins her, and the two reconnoitrethe premises from the surrounding bushes. With theirbeaks still loaded, they move around with a frightenedlook, and refuse to approach the nest till I have movedoff and lain…
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