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Their plumage too, of vivid tints behold — 

 Rich as some eastern monarch's flowing robe, 

 When he his princes meets in high Divan ; 

 Bright as the brilliants which adorn his brow. 



Nor will the Tanagrinas' (0 social group 

 Their harmony neglect ; the Sylviads, too, 

 Exult in pride of plumage and of song : 

 The Babbler f(^^) restless mimic, others' notes 

 With noisiness attempts ; the PensiliSf (^) 

 Wrapt in a robe of beauty, tunes his reed 

 To delicate, perennial song, the while 

 Within her myrtle bower his cheerful mate 

 Responds in modest note ; or in her nest, 

 That wantons in the breeze, she smiling sits 

 Sipping the silent stream of deep delight. 

 Of WrenSf go listen to the group that rouse 

 Indifference from his trance ; — the Ruby-crown' d (♦) 

 Of various note ;— the Caroline (*) whose voice 

 Vies with the Nightingale's, whose nest globose 

 On reedy columns plac'd, a strange support, 

 Invites the eye of wonder oft to gaze. 



Still further would YE of the warbler train 

 Your search pursue ? In far Columbian climes 



C) TanagrinaSy birds of the Tanager tribe.— (•) Sylvia 

 curruca, or Babbling Warbler.— (3) Sylvia pensilis^ or Pen- 

 sile Warbler.— (*) Sylvia calendula, or Caroline Wren. 



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