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... side . All at once the seeming stone and dead leaf move and prove to be two young fern owls . Leaving your hiding - place you go to look at them , the parents tumbling about the while near you . There they squat , two blinking , gaping ...
... side . All at once the seeming stone and dead leaf move and prove to be two young fern owls . Leaving your hiding - place you go to look at them , the parents tumbling about the while near you . There they squat , two blinking , gaping ...
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... side of his overturned barrow , and settled down for a talk . " You are not a native of this part of the country , I fancy ? ” he remarked , giving me a keen look . " No ; like you , I have drifted this way - not so far from home as ...
... side of his overturned barrow , and settled down for a talk . " You are not a native of this part of the country , I fancy ? ” he remarked , giving me a keen look . " No ; like you , I have drifted this way - not so far from home as ...
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... side to side . Should you try to make a nearer acquaint- ance with him , he will look at you for a moment and then deliberately turn over on his back , with his claws drawn upon his breast , looking the very pic- ture of helpless ...
... side to side . Should you try to make a nearer acquaint- ance with him , he will look at you for a moment and then deliberately turn over on his back , with his claws drawn upon his breast , looking the very pic- ture of helpless ...
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... , and the wing over it to the fullest extent , and then he repeats these movements on the other side . So far good , but his toilet is not yet complete . Next , raising both his wings well up over his back , he BIRDS OF NIGHT . 31.
... , and the wing over it to the fullest extent , and then he repeats these movements on the other side . So far good , but his toilet is not yet complete . Next , raising both his wings well up over his back , he BIRDS OF NIGHT . 31.
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... side and them on the other , kicking and striking with their feet in the very height of enjoyment . I give my pets about a quart of sifted road - sand on a thick sheet of brown paper . As a rule the early morning is the time for their ...
... side and them on the other , kicking and striking with their feet in the very height of enjoyment . I give my pets about a quart of sifted road - sand on a thick sheet of brown paper . As a rule the early morning is the time for their ...
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