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Entered as second-class matter May 1(5, 1904 at Appleton, Wis., under the act of Congress of Mar. 3, '79. 
YOL. IX. 
MAY, 1906. 
No. J 
CHICK-A-DE-DEE. 
The ground was all covered with snow one 
day. 
And two little sisters were busy at play, 
When a snowbird was sitting close by on a 
tree 
And merrily singing his chick-a-de-dee, 
Chick-a-de-dee, chick-a-de-dee, 
And merrily singing his chick-a-de-dee. 
He had not been singing that tune very long, 
When Emily heard him, so loud was his song. 
“Oh, mamma, look out of the window,” said 
she, 
“Here’s a dear little bird singing‘Chick-a-de- 
dee !’ 
Chick-a-de-dee, chick-a-de-dee, 
Here’s a dear little bird singing ‘chick-a-de- 
dee !’ 
“Poor fellow, he walks through the snow and 
the sleet, 
And has neither stockings nor shoes on bis 
feet. 
I pity him so, how cold he must be ! 
Andwet he keeps singingthat chick-a-de-dee, 
Chick-a-de-dee, chick-a-de-dee, 
And yet he keeps singing that chick-a-de-dee. 
“Oh, mamma, do get him some stockings and 
shoes, 
A frock and a cloak and a hat, if you choose. 
1 wish he’d come into the parlor and see 
How warm we could make him, poor chick-a- 
de-dee. 
Chick-a-de-dee, chick-a-de-dee, 
How warm we could make him, poor chick-a- 
de-dee.” 
The bird had down down for some crumbs of 
bread, 
And heard every word little Emily said. 
“What a figure i’d cutin that dress !” thought 
he, 
And he laughed as he warbled his chick-a-de- 
dee, 
Chick-a-de-dee, chick-a-de-dee, 
And he laughed as he warbled his chick-a-de- 
dee. 
“I am grateful,” he said, “for the wish you 
express, 
But I’ve no occasion for such a fine dress. 
I had rather remain with my limbs all free 
Than to hobble about singing chick-a-de-dee. 
Chick-a-de-dee, chick-a-dee-dee, 
Than to hobble about singing chick-a-de-dee. 
“There is One, my dear child, though I can¬ 
not tell who, 
Has clothed me already and warm enough, 
too; 
Good morning. Oh, who are so happy as we?” 
And away he went singing his cbick-a-de-dee. 
Chick-a-dee, chick-a-de-dee, 
And away he went singing his chick-a-de-dee. 
Mrs. Hanford. 
THE BOBOLINK. 
Common names.—In New England, 
Babolinkum, Meadow Wink, Skunk 
Blackbird. In the middle states, Reed 
Bunting, Reedbird (four on a skewer, 
fifty cents.) In the southern states, 
Ricebird, Ortolan (a garden), Maybird. 
In Cuba, Butterbird, Cleambergo. 
Migration—In the Spring they come 
from the Brazils and South America up 
to the New England states and then 
straight west to Utah and Montana,— 
4000 miles. They fly north exclusively 
by night; males come first. In October 
when returning they take no short cuts. 
Baskett says: 
“It is stated that such Bobolinks as 
have gone west and are building beyond 
the Rocky Mountains have not learned 
how to take a short cut south to their 
winter homes by passing west of the Gulf 
of Mexico, but must return (as they 
worked their way out) to the Atlantic 
slope and go south as their tribe has 
done for ages.’' 
Plumage—Changes twice a year; i ties 
wear white nightcaps, females are brown. 
In the fall they are “yellowish brown 
streaked with darker,” sparrow-like, with 
