THE 



Devoted lo Bird Life. 



Published monthly by J. R.Bon well. 



Nebraska City, Nebr. 



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VOL.I. July 20th., 1899. No.3. 



-*- A Birds Nest. -*- 



. But most of all it wins my admiration 

 To view the structure of this little work,- 

 A bud's nest, mark it well within, without: 

 No tuol had he that wrought, no knife to cut, 

 No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, 

 No glue to join: his little beak was all; 

 And yet how neatly finished! What nice hand, 

 With ever) implement and means of art, 

 And twenty years' apprmticeship to boot, 

 Could make such another! Fondly then 

 We boast of excellence, where noblest skill 

 Instinctive genius foils. 



James Hurdis. 



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