Swans Birds 
various sorts, which should always be given to them 
in shallow water. The cuttings from the mowings 
of the lawn are especially appreciated. We often 
see the swans in parks feeding upon the grass and 
clover upon the margins of the ponds. They also 
relish the animal food which they find in the water, 
and greedily eat aquatic worms, insects and small 
fish. When rearing their young they should be 
given bread or dog-biscuit soaked, and also lettuce. 
Stale bread thrown in the water is always relished. 
A mixture of wheat, buckwheat, barley and cracked 
corn may be given as a regular food. Oats may be 
used instead of one of the other grains occasionally. 
REFERENCES 
DomeEsticaTED AnImALs, N. S. Shaler. 
THE Pouttry Book, H. Wer. 
THE SWAN UP TO DATE 
Oh, Swan, you are a living boat, 
Your deep breast is a keel, 
To guide you as you swiftly float, 
Driven by your strong webbed heel. 
But when I see you lift and fly, 
Your great white wings wide spread, 
You seem, as you sail in the sky, 
An aeroplane instead. 
Then when I see you circling ‘round, 
Back to the waves again, 
You slide so gracefully adown, 
You seem a hydroplane. 
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