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The figures (Plate 1) are taken from Nos. 8 and 9 male and female, 

 procured at Maidstone in December. 



The abbreyiations are "W. winter S. summer. 



LINES TO A SPAEROW. 



"Who comes to my Window every morning for his Breakfast." 



" Master Dicky, my dear, 

 Tou have nothing to fear, 

 Tour proceedings I mean not to check, sir ; 

 Whilst the weather benumbs. 

 We should pick up our crumbs, 

 So, I prithee, make free with a peck, sir. 



I'm afraid it's too plain 



You're a villain in grain, 



But in that you resemble your neighbours, 



For mankind have agreed 



It is right to suck seed. 



Then, like you, hop the twig with their labours. 



Besides this. Master Dick, 



Tou of trade have the trick, 



In all branches you traffic at will, sir. 



You have no need of shops 



For your samples of hops, 



And can ev'ry day take up your bill, sir. 



Then in foreign affairs 



You may give yourself airs, 



For I've heard it reported at home, sir. 



That you're on the best terms 



With the diet of Worms, 



And have often been tempted to Borne, sir. 



Thus you feather your nest 



In the way you like best, 



And live high without fear of mishap, sir ; 



You are fond of your grub, 



Have a taste for some shrub, 



And for ^JK— there you understand trap, sir. 



