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... boys and girls have joined the ranks of the " grown - ups , " stories are given from John Burroughs , Thomas Nelson Page , Frank M. Chapman , Gilbert Pearson , Ella Florence Padon , Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller , Mrs. Grinnell , and many ...
... boys and girls have joined the ranks of the " grown - ups , " stories are given from John Burroughs , Thomas Nelson Page , Frank M. Chapman , Gilbert Pearson , Ella Florence Padon , Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller , Mrs. Grinnell , and many ...
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... boy had two ducks , and to mate with them he procured a drake of a neighbor who lived two miles south of us . He brought the drake home in a bag . The bird had no opportunity to see the road along which it was carried , or to get the ...
... boy had two ducks , and to mate with them he procured a drake of a neighbor who lived two miles south of us . He brought the drake home in a bag . The bird had no opportunity to see the road along which it was carried , or to get the ...
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... boys . It is not easy to find a nest that looks just like everything about it . A VOYAGE AT DUSK FROM Lapland to Napland the way is not long , And the anchor we lift to a lullaby song , And the rhyme of our music goes ringing away To ...
... boys . It is not easy to find a nest that looks just like everything about it . A VOYAGE AT DUSK FROM Lapland to Napland the way is not long , And the anchor we lift to a lullaby song , And the rhyme of our music goes ringing away To ...
Page 73
... boy or girl to catch the birds at home , when they are in gay feather and full of song , for it is " When May comes down the lane Her airy lovers throng To welcome her with song And follow in her train . " If they wait until July and ...
... boy or girl to catch the birds at home , when they are in gay feather and full of song , for it is " When May comes down the lane Her airy lovers throng To welcome her with song And follow in her train . " If they wait until July and ...
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... boys and girls . But you must remember there is a fall journey to take , and while there are no trunks to pack , every neat little bird wants a new suit of feathers . Some birds have only one , while others have three new suits a year ...
... boys and girls . But you must remember there is a fall journey to take , and while there are no trunks to pack , every neat little bird wants a new suit of feathers . Some birds have only one , while others have three new suits a year ...
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