i6o BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES 



they fish by the pale lilies ; long may they decorate the 

 leafless willow boughs when the nor'.-easter lays his 

 numbing fingers upon the land, and makes one sigh 

 for halcyon days gone, or only to be found across the 

 grey seas. 



YOUNG KINGFISHERS (from life). 



