Identifier: livesofhuntedcon00seto (find matches)
Title: Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Subjects: Animals Animals Animals Animals Animals
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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had joined in for fun nowwent off: there was no longer any fun in it,nothing but hard pecks, and the tables werecompletely turned on Cravat. He quicklylost heart, then, and fled toward his ownquarter of the Square, with Biddy holding onto his tail like a little bulldog; and there shecontinued to hang till the feather came out bythe roots, and she afterward had the satisfactionof working it into the coarser make-up of hernest along with the rescued material. It ishardly possible that Sparrows have refined ideasof justice and retribution, but it is sure thatthings which look like it do crop up amongthem. Within two days the Guinea-fowl fea-thers that had so long been the chief glory ofthe Cravats nest now formed part of the fur-nishing of Biddys new abode, and none hadthe temerity to dispute her claim. It was now late in the season, feathers werescarce, and Biddy could not find enough forthe lining that she was so particular about. Butshe found a substitute that appealed to her love 128
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A Street Troubadour of the novel. In the Square was the cab-stand,and scattering near were usually more or lesshorsehairs. These seemed to be good andoriginal linings. A most happy thought, andwith appropriate enthusiasm the ever-hopefulcouple set about gathering horsehairs, two orthree at a time. Possibly the nest of a Chip-ping Sparrow in one of the parks gave themthe idea. The Chippy always lines with horse-hair, and gets an admirable spring-mattresseffect by curling the hair round and round theinside of the nest. The result is good, but onemust know how to get it. It would have beenwell had the Sparrows learned how to handlethe hair. When a Chippy picks up a horsehairto bring home it takes only one at a time, andis careful to lift it by the end, for the harmless-looking hair is not without its dangers. TheSparrows had no notion of handling it except asthey did the straw. Biddy seized a hair near themiddle, found it somewhat long, so took a sec-ond hold, several inches away. In mos

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