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Page 77
... flocks of them , some to Florida , others to Mexico , the West Indies , or South America . They mount high in the air and fly by night to escape cruel hawks and guns . They seem to know their geography as they fly over rivers and towns ...
... flocks of them , some to Florida , others to Mexico , the West Indies , or South America . They mount high in the air and fly by night to escape cruel hawks and guns . They seem to know their geography as they fly over rivers and towns ...
Page 94
... flocks as far as possible . Bib - neck began to catch some of the same spirit , and once or twice when a flock of semi - palmated plovers flew by , he joined them , and fed with them for half a day . But for the most part he stayed by ...
... flocks as far as possible . Bib - neck began to catch some of the same spirit , and once or twice when a flock of semi - palmated plovers flew by , he joined them , and fed with them for half a day . But for the most part he stayed by ...
Page 95
... flocks of birds hurrying down the shore . Running to the top of his favorite dune , Bib - neck saw four or five men with guns , coming at a distance . They wore leggins , and each carried a hunting bag , for they were sportsmen from the ...
... flocks of birds hurrying down the shore . Running to the top of his favorite dune , Bib - neck saw four or five men with guns , coming at a distance . They wore leggins , and each carried a hunting bag , for they were sportsmen from the ...
Page 96
... flocks circled him and turned again up the beach . This quickly brought them within range of one of the concealed hunters ; and then another , and a few moments later still another was shooting into their midst . Back and forth , up and ...
... flocks circled him and turned again up the beach . This quickly brought them within range of one of the concealed hunters ; and then another , and a few moments later still another was shooting into their midst . Back and forth , up and ...
Page 97
... flock of large , fine - looking birds was seen feeding on the beach . If the old plovers had really known , they might have told their chil- dren that these birds were plovers also , their rela- tives , the black - bellied plovers who ...
... flock of large , fine - looking birds was seen feeding on the beach . If the old plovers had really known , they might have told their chil- dren that these birds were plovers also , their rela- tives , the black - bellied plovers who ...
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