Do you think that is so?
Because with singing birds the male is the largest." "Among cannibal birds the female is usually the largest," answered the Doctor, who was pleased to see that Rap so often had a "because" for his questions.

"These birds do a great deal of fighting, both in catching their living prey and holding their own against enemies; and as the female stays most at home, being the chief protector of the nest, she needs more strength." "Some singing birds are real plucky too," said Rap.

"That same year I found a Robin's nest in April, when the water-pail by the well froze every night, and a Woodcock's nest in the brushwood.

It's hard to see a Woodcock on the nest, they look so like dead leaves.

It snowed a little that afternoon, and the poor bird's back was all white, but there she sat.