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as soon as we w to hd a few  yds nto 1 bushes ^ [[insertion]] a sudden transft took place - [[/insertion]] all her tremors ceased, & she ^ [[insertion]] calmly [[/insertion]] flew up on a branch [[strikethrough]] wi perf calmness.[[/strikethrough]]
But - when I cruelly went bk 2 lk f her little one she ^[[insertion]] again [[/insertion]] fell at my ft - wi / same distress.

/ Ro build as /ey do everything else wi [[???]] haste.  [[symbol]]/less, /ey do [[strikethrough]] nest [[/strikethrough]] a good piece o work.//]
Meat au auet [[ o mouldg / [[female symbol]] does!
[[strikethrough]] She [[/strikethrough]] Her ^ [[insertion]] small [[/insertion]] body wi [[alive?]] f a pestle whirled n / mortar by some xternal dextrous hand.  Our TL watched [[strikethrough]] tiew herself down 2 [[/strikethrough]] sat downin n / nest & spd 9 her wings & tail wi / effort, pressed her breast li a ball agt-