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Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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se, Cousin Grace, tell us something aboutthe mocking-bird. Mr. Dumas was telling me thismorning that a mocking-bird made her nest in anapple-tree close to the house, but because he justlooked into it once, she would never come near itagain. He says they are very shy. So they are. but are best known for their powerof mimicry. They can imitate the notes of anyknown bird from the screech of the eagle down tothe gentle buzz of the humming-bird. It can mewlike a cat, and make a grating noise like the creak-ing of a hinge. The Mexicans call it, The Birdof Four Hundred Tongues. They often beginwith their own compositions, and finish by imitatingevery bird they have ever heard. They are some-times so delighted with their own music as to danceto it. They belong to the family Lioc trie hides ^ orderInsessores. They are about the size of a blackbird,only more slender. The feathers are gray, and con-siderably lighter under than above. Now, Rose, doyou think you will know it when you see it ^. 218
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THE BIRDS CONCERT I dess so. I know I sail if it mews like a kitty.O, see that pretty little red bird with a bonnet on itshead ! There! there! And Rose pointed to anew comer that had alighted on a twig near by. Thats a ruby-crested wren, said Grace. Inever saw birds so tame as thev are here.

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