sketch of " Boh " so veracious a pi[hire of a hird-in di- 

 vidual and a hird-s pedes. Lanier's wife and chil- 

 dren remember well the delight the bird had for his 

 brother artist; how the amused flute would trill with 

 extravagant graces to the silent but heedful wonder 

 of the caged one. Every surprising token of intelli- 

 gence., of affe^on^ of valor displayed by Bob was 

 hailed by Mr. Lanier with a bofs ecstacy over a 

 pet., and a poefs thankfulness of a beautiful work 

 of the Creator. 



T^here is., doubtless., no need to assure the reader 

 that the events of Bob's life as hereinafter depicted 

 are historically true; he was acquired by one of the 

 poefs boys., who^ forbidden to rob nests., remembers 

 his fear., on the way home with Bob in his straw hat, 

 that the account of the bird's helpless condition would 

 not serve as a fair and reasonable excuse for keep- 

 ing him as a pet. 



'The illustrations which form so important a part 

 of the effort to make a picture of Boh, are unusual 

 in their origin and in their method. Mr. Dug?nore 

 made photogra phic studies of a young jnocking-hird. 



