"listen to the mocking-bird." II 



strategist, whose history is ' Watcrloocd ' in the blood of a 

 nation? If the editor will not answer this question, I 

 suggest that you ask Prof. H. C. Wright of Corry, Pa., 

 to do so. He can, if he will, give the answer of a psychol- 

 ogist, and onl}^ from that view-point the services indicated 

 can be measured. This bird not north of the Delaware, 



to sing, 



" Until all the air 



Is one melody — 



All breath takes music oh ; 



And echoes upbear 



The full voiced glee, 



Till fainter, more faint, its flood is gone." 



With the editor's consent, I will suggest that the mock- 

 ing-bird bears confinement as contently (?) as a canary, 

 needs (alone) a large cage, easily kept, if cleanly kept, 

 and if a singer, is an early riser, good naturedly " snatchy " 

 "all the dajMong" (when not moulting), and rings his 

 own curfew, retiring, if out of the moonlight, " ayant the 

 twal." However, under these conditions, the bird will 

 not come up to the standard pictured by Mr. Wilde, above 

 cited, and who, aside from the ornithological descrip- 

 tion, embraces much interesting history in those seven 

 couplets, covering at least, in a fragmentary manner, seven 

 centuries (by suggestion only) of English literature. 

 " Dig it out. " To do so will doubtless be more profitable, 

 but not near so entertaining as to " lyisten to the Mocking- 

 Bird." 



Richmond, Ky. 



The List of New Hampshire Birds, by Mr. Glover M. 

 Allen, to appear shortly from the Nature Study Press, is 

 by far the most valuable contribution yet made to the or- 

 nithological literature of the State. As a fitting introduc- 

 tion, Belknap's list of 1792 is reproduced, and followed by 

 a full discussion of- faunal areas, climatology and avifaunal 

 distribution. The List itself gives evidence of great care 

 and thoroughness, and is very fully annotated. 



