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CITIZEN BIBB 



THE BOBOLINK 

 (The Reed Bird. The Rice Bird) 



Bobolink. 



" Why do you call the Bobolink a ' harlequin,' Uncle 

 Roy? What is a harlequin ? " asked Dodo. 



" Don't you remember that Harlequin was the name 

 of tlie man in the pantomime we saw last wdnter, who 

 wore clothes of all sorts of colors, changed from one 

 thing to another, and was always dancing about as if 

 he could not possibly keep still ? " 



