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Notes and Comments. 



ANIMAL ANALOGUES'^ 



is the title of the second httle vohime, and this'starts off with- 



THE BEE. 



THE BEET. 



THE BEETLE. 



Good Mr. Darwin once contended 

 That Beetles were from Bees descended ; 

 And as my pictures show, I think, 

 The Beet must be the missing link. 

 The Sugar-Beet and Honey Bee 

 Supply the Beetle's pedigree : 

 The family is now complete — 

 The Bee, the Beetle, and the Beet. 



ANTS AND PHEASANTS. 





THE ANT. THE PHEAS-ANT. 



The x\nt is known by his ant-ennae. 

 Whereas the Phea-sant hasn't any, 

 And that is whj^ he wears instead 

 A small red cap upon his head ; 

 Without his Fez, indeed the Pheasant 

 Would be quite bald, and quite unpleasant. 



Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco. 28 pp., 50 c. net. 



Naturalist, 



