58 ZOOLOGY. 



CLASS 11, 

 AVES, Birds, 



Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one 



The live-long night ; not these alone, whose notes 



Nice-fiuger'd art must emulate in vain, 



But cawing Rooks and Kites that swim sublime 



In still repeated circles, screaming loud; 



The Jay, the Pie, and e'en the boding Owl 



That hails the rising Moon, have charms for me. 



COWPER. 



.11 HE beautiful and interesting Class, of which we now 

 are treating ; is distinguished from the preceeding, by having 

 the individuals composing its numerous families covered with 

 feathers; they with but few exceptions, are furnished with 

 two wings and two feet ■ and the whole class are oviparous. 



In no part of the Animal Creation, are the wisdom, the 

 goodness, and bounty of Providence displayed in a more 

 lively manner, than in the formation and various endowments 

 of the feathered tribes ; and whether we examine their ele-. 



