The Western Mocki»>'h 
‘T rillet 
i istle-wit- 
lone 
nitre ,— 
sith songs o f fire ;— 
>‘ti ocean’s infinite 
'ey. ihin-cdged leave 
■ beak,—discourses brave 
no man may guess ,— 
/ ies of light distress” 
Twas Sidney Lanier 
who with such unerring 
finger pointed out the 
cadence, the content, 
and the very spirit of 
the Mockingbird’s song. 
No admirer has done 
the bird more equal jus¬ 
tice and none is likely 
to. And it is no dispar- 
pNftd a g e m e n t of other 
Western Mockingbird in Pepper Tree 
Mockingbird is the 
-known and the 
From a photograph by the Author 
Taken at Los Colibris 
bv o famed of all Ameri- 
song birds. In the 
nmuths of the world’s 
best critics, onl}' the 
Nightingales of Europe 
and the Bulbuls of the 
Orient are brought into 
comparison with the 
American Mockingbird. 
As virtuosos these others 
rnav possibly excel, but 
the Mockingbird gains 
a favorable decision,, 
however biased, because 
he frankly commits his 
cause to human keeping. 
Kv establis hing his mate 
our climbing rose 
ish. and himself 
