230 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



GLEANINGS. 



Ilk happy bird, wee helpless thing, 



That in the weary months o' spring 



Delighted me to hear thee sing. 



What's come o' thee? 



Whare wilt thou cower thy chittering wing 



And close thy e'e? 



— Burns. 



A FEW OF THE BIRD FAMILY. 



The old bob-white, and chipbird. 



The flicker and chewink. 

 And little hopty-skip bird 



Along the river brink. 



The blackbird and snowbird, 



The chicken-hawk and crane. 

 The glossy old black crow-bird. 



And buzzard, down the lane. 



The yellowbird and red bird. 



The tom-tit and the cat. 

 The thrush and that redhead bird 



The rest's all pickin' at! 



The jay-bird and the bluebird. 



The sapsucker and the wren, 

 The cockadoodle-doo bird. 



And our old settin' hen! 



James Whitcomb Riley. 



Mm 



