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PERCHERS AND SINGERS 



about all these different species in order to not be accounted 

 ignorant? Let us see. 



Any sensible civilized person knows a cow at sight, also 

 something of its place in Nature, and its habits. No one, 



BLUEBIRD. 



however, save the special student of domestic cattle, is ex- 

 pected to be able to say, without "looking it up," whether 

 a particular cow is an Alderney, a Jersey, a Short-Horn, a 

 Hereford, or a Durham. 



The case of the Bluebird is quite similar. He who knows 

 one Bluebird well may justly claim a bowing acquaintance 

 with all the others, and feel at home when in their company. 



Here in the East the Bluebird is a thing of beauty, and a 



