. Birds and nature . le, youd natrally suppose!)I gits up in de mohnin, long afore de sun is grabbles wums, /tell you! like de yurly bird I is. Is alluz berry ticlar bout de season ob the moon;De dark ob hit is fishin-time—an time for huntin coon;An den its mighty portant, too, as notus shed be tukOb varis little sarcumstances bearin on de luck: You has to spit upon de bait afore you draps it in; Den keep yo cork a-bobbin, des as easy as you kin; Ef someone steps acrost de pole, you knows yo luck is broke, Widout dey steps it back agin afore a word is spoke. Dont nebber, not for nufiin,
. Birds and nature . le, youd natrally suppose!)I gits up in de mohnin, long afore de sun is grabbles wums, /tell you! like de yurly bird I is. Is alluz berry ticlar bout de season ob the moon;De dark ob hit is fishin-time—an time for huntin coon;An den its mighty portant, too, as notus shed be tukOb varis little sarcumstances bearin on de luck: You has to spit upon de bait afore you draps it in; Den keep yo cork a-bobbin, des as easy as you kin; Ef someone steps acrost de pole, you knows yo luck is broke, Widout dey steps it back agin afore a word is spoke. Dont nebber, not for nufiin, think ob countin ob yo string;Kase ef you do, you aint a-gwine to cotch anoder thing;But ef a sarpent-doctor bug shd light upon de knows yous good for cotchin all de fishes in de hole. Dah! now you has de science what a fisherman shd know;So, any time yo ready, all you has to dos to foller dem instruckshuns—ef you does it, to de notch,Good marster! wont it sprise de folks to see de mess you cotch!. ■ D THE MAGPIE. {Pica pica hudsotiica. THIS is a rare winter visitor andnot much known. Its nest is avery bulky and somewhat re-markable structure, composedexteriorly of sticks of various sizes,forming a spherical mass,the upper por-tion of which forms a canopy to the nestproper, the entrance being through one side. The eggs are usually six in num-ber, but often as many as nine, and areof a pale olive or grayish white color,thickly speckled with olive-brown. The magpie can be taught to talk, isintelligent and inquisitive, and hasmany of the characteristics of theraven. A BUTTERFLYS HISTORY. (The Troilus.) ELLA F. MOSBY, THE 7n7//«5belongs to the knightsor chevaliers, and is a beautifulcreature. His front wings arevelvety black, spotted with yel-low; his hind wings blue, elegantlyscalloped, with a long streamer at theend, and when he lifts his wings, theunder side is also lovely in markingand color. His double tongue forms atube for sucking honey from deepflower
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