BY WOOLSEY R.HOPKINS 
3g OW many of the read- 
ets of OUTING can 
spell or prongfince any of those natural 
sounds, the words of bird and beast, which 
we so congfantly hear all about us? To 
many cregtures names have been given by 
man, wich attempt to imitate the sounds 
made My those creatures. Such a nomen- 
clatyfe is rarely satisfactory to one who 
listéns closely to the natural sound. We 
c#lla certain bird Phcebe, but the bird says 
fosuch word. So with the cuckoo, at least 
with the American bird, and so in almost all 
similar cases. It is truehat the crow, who, 
under certain condition\, is quite an ac- 
complished linguist, does\sometimes say 
“caw”? quite distinctly. e also utters 
many other sounds. For foyrteen years, 
now, I have known a crow who occupies 
an influential position among hx fellows, 
and is much respected and feared Ny them, 
who says “oar” as distinctly as any Water- 
man. But the crow is only half bit, at 
best, the other half being some kind ofu- 
perior and evil intelligence which it is juXt 
as well not to offend: so I always say 
