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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...location of the nest. Never the slightest hint was given, and when the nest was discovered--a boy scout stumbled upon it--Madame was already sitting tight upon her treasures. The nest was located but thirty yards from the tent. It was along the edge of the wood, in the heart of a thick clump of willows, and built not more than two feet from the ground. Madames yellow eye gleamed timidly from the shadows, but she did not stir or display the fear that was pulsating in her breast; and it seemed right and good to slip away and leave the little mother undisturbed. May, the month of marriages--among the thicket birds--slipped away and June, the time of younglings, came in; and the ways of the feathered folk changed with the season. There was less song, less honeymooning, and much more of the serious struggle of life--the struggle for the preservation of the helpless ones. For with these birds, as with most other wild things, the young and tender and helpless are not allowed to survive on tolerance, but live by right of the might and hardihood and cunning of their parents. By the time the roses were blooming in fragrant banks along the sunny edge of the woods, and the cedar waxwings, tardy migrants, were lisping about the place daily, it seemed that all the couples of the grove were settled down comfortably at the task of caring for a family. But it was not so, for soon another dove was found hatching on a frail little nest of her own constructing, in the willows at the east side of the wood; next day another oriole nest came to light. The grackles were responsible for this discovery. In the morning a terrible rumpus broke out in the tops of some poplars near at hand, and there two black villains were found with a pair of irate orioles...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153075831 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153075830 |
| Weight | 0.30 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 82 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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