HAT is but a 
superficial stu- 
Lisa dent of ornithology who is 
: me content to know his birds by 
‘the mere specific characters of 
' anatomy, plumage, and egg; who | 
shoots his bird, and names the 
dead body afterwards by the analytical key—a songless orni- 
thology. Even though he shall name his specimen at a glance— 
Latin tag and all—he may yet have less oruzthology in his soul 
than his unlettered country cousin—the old miller, perhaps, who 
will tell us that “the hang-bird has been there on such a morn- 
ing, unravelling his bagging or stealing his tie string;” who will 
point out to us “the teeter-bird that picks the water-bugs from 
the wet stones for his long-legged fuzzy young uns;” or the “lit- 
tle brown chap with speckled breast that builds a nest jest like 
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