OF FRIXCK EinVARl) ISLANM). 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Birds have always l)een objects of interest to 

 mankind. Our poetry is filled with referenc:es to 

 them. 



They have been used to express the hii,^her 

 spiritual aspirations: "Oh! that 1 had win^^^.s like 

 a dove, then would 1 fly away and be at rest."' 



In the freedom of their woodland homes the)- 

 are the types of happiness. 



" Emblem of happiness, 

 Blest is Ihy d welling place. 

 Oh! to abide in the desert with thee." 



In their elegance of form and brilliancy of 

 coloring they are the soul of beauty. Ivlontgomery 

 has it : 



