. St. Nicholas [serial]. POSING ON THE BRANCH OF ELDER lay hidden until the mother catbird returned tothe nest. As she deposited a succulent grub inthe gaping mouth of her hungriest offspring, againthe thread was pulled. A flare of blinding whiteradiance shot out from the flash-gun. a dull boommimicked the voice of the coming storm, and wehad still another addition to our series! Thirteen more days came and went, and thelittle catbirds had undergone a wonderful trans-formation. From naked baby birds they hadchanged to fully feathered youngsters, with theability- to fly a little and to eat a gr
. St. Nicholas [serial]. POSING ON THE BRANCH OF ELDER lay hidden until the mother catbird returned tothe nest. As she deposited a succulent grub inthe gaping mouth of her hungriest offspring, againthe thread was pulled. A flare of blinding whiteradiance shot out from the flash-gun. a dull boommimicked the voice of the coming storm, and wehad still another addition to our series! Thirteen more days came and went, and thelittle catbirds had undergone a wonderful trans-formation. From naked baby birds they hadchanged to fully feathered youngsters, with theability- to fly a little and to eat a great deal. Inanother day, or two at the most, home ties would. THE MOTHER-BIRD CAME TO SUPERINTEND THE JOB be severed—the family scattered for all we were to complete the series we coveted, wemust make the most of the present opportunity,trusting to catbird mother-love to aid us. [May
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