A FEW OF THE BIRD FAMILY.

The old bob white, and chipbird; The flicker and chee-wink, And little hopty-skip bird Along the river brink. The blackbird and snowbird, The chicken-hawk and crane; The glossy old black crow-bird, And buzzard, down the lane. The yellowbird and redbird, The tom-tit and the cat; The thrush and that redhead bird The rest's all pickin' at! The jay-bird and the bluebird, The sap-suck and the wren— The cockadoodle-doo bird, And our old settin' hen! James Whitcomb Riley.