long-billed's

Updated: May 27, 2025

As a rule, I have never been able to help much in such extremities. Either I arrive too late, or else I blunder. I thought, for a moment, that it was the nest of the long-billed's cousin, the short-billed marsh-wren, that I had found which would have been a gem indeed, with pearly eggs instead of chocolate ones.

Dallas Lore Sharp - Roof and Meadow