PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY 



dently hard work for it to do so. It therefore 

 makes but a short flight and soon drops to the 

 ground again. So we are not surprised to find 

 that Bobwhite spends his life near the place 

 where he was born. He is no traveler. Most 

 of the time he lives on the ground like a chicken. 



BOBWHITE'S ENGINE. 



The short wing and large foot of Bobwhite, a bird that stays 

 at home and feeds on the ground. 



And like a chicken he has large, strong feet, 

 which not only carry him about from field to 

 field in search of food, but can be used to scratch 

 for it. He needs his engine chiefly to help him 

 to escape quickly from some prowling fox or 

 other enemy. He must go fast if not far. 



If we should put Bobwhite on an island where 

 there were no enemies to escape from and where 

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