. Picture alphabet of birds . MllQlf THE NIGHTINGALE. THE QUAIL. Of all the songsters of the minstrels of the dale. None has a strain so sweet and richAs the famed Nightingale. When come the leaves and buds of springThen comes the swift-winged Quail; But ever quits our western landsBefore the winter pale. THE OSTRICH. THE ROBIN. Oer desert sands the Ostrich skims. Beneath a burning sky;Swift as the swiftest horse he runs, But has no wings to fly. The Robin is our winter guest, And trips across the snowTo peck the frequent crumbs our hands Are well-pleased to bestow. THE PELICAN. THE
. Picture alphabet of birds . MllQlf THE NIGHTINGALE. THE QUAIL. Of all the songsters of the minstrels of the dale. None has a strain so sweet and richAs the famed Nightingale. When come the leaves and buds of springThen comes the swift-winged Quail; But ever quits our western landsBefore the winter pale. THE OSTRICH. THE ROBIN. Oer desert sands the Ostrich skims. Beneath a burning sky;Swift as the swiftest horse he runs, But has no wings to fly. The Robin is our winter guest, And trips across the snowTo peck the frequent crumbs our hands Are well-pleased to bestow. THE PELICAN. THE SWALLOW. On river banks, on shores of lakes,Or marge of sounding sea. The Pelican, in quest of uncontrolled and free. Now hovering on rapid down to earth, now high, And circling round in airy ringTo chase the painted fly. THE THRUSH. THE XEMA. How gaily sounds the Thmshs voice In liquid notes and if to bid the vales rejoice That winter stem is past! In far-off lands, neath northern skies, And on th
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