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... trees ; but Wil- son , who spent many years in watching the habits of birds , and learning their history , thinks that these fly a great way off to a warm- er country as winter approaches , and that they return again in the spring ...
... trees ; but Wil- son , who spent many years in watching the habits of birds , and learning their history , thinks that these fly a great way off to a warm- er country as winter approaches , and that they return again in the spring ...
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... tree , and leave the prongs a foot or two in length , and hang hollow gourds or calabashes on the ends for nests . " " What are gourds and calabashes , Mother ? " said Harry . " A gourd , my dear , is a vegetable , something like a ...
... tree , and leave the prongs a foot or two in length , and hang hollow gourds or calabashes on the ends for nests . " " What are gourds and calabashes , Mother ? " said Harry . " A gourd , my dear , is a vegetable , something like a ...
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... tree close to my . window , which I had last autumn desired to have placed there , in the hope that the birds would build in it this spring . : While I was looking I saw a bluebird alight on the tree . Presently she came nearer and ...
... tree close to my . window , which I had last autumn desired to have placed there , in the hope that the birds would build in it this spring . : While I was looking I saw a bluebird alight on the tree . Presently she came nearer and ...
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... tree at a distance , and make believe they had nothing to do with the one their nest was in . At last , they grew bolder ; and , every evening at sunset , I saw the mother bird go into her nest while her mate went to roost . There was a ...
... tree at a distance , and make believe they had nothing to do with the one their nest was in . At last , they grew bolder ; and , every evening at sunset , I saw the mother bird go into her nest while her mate went to roost . There was a ...
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... tree ; and , seeing the jar , hav- ing examined it , and being pleased with it , resolved to take it for herself . The little thief waited till the bluebirds had gone upon some expedition ; and then , without any ceremony , without any ...
... tree ; and , seeing the jar , hav- ing examined it , and being pleased with it , resolved to take it for herself . The little thief waited till the bluebirds had gone upon some expedition ; and then , without any ceremony , without any ...
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