How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1> How To Tell The Birds From The Flowers. <br/> <small>A Manual of Flornithology for Beginners.</small> </h1> <SPAN name="image-0002"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p-i.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p-i.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="60" alt="(bird and flower)" /></SPAN></div> <h2> Verses and Illustrations <br/> By Robert Williams Wood. </h2> <p class="left"> Published by Paul Elder and Company <br/> San Francisco and New York.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="pagei" name="pagei"></SPAN>[pg i]</span></p> <h2> Burr. Bird. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0004"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p01a.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p01a.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="125" alt="Burr. Bird." /></SPAN></div> <h3> The Bird and the Burdock. </h3> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Who <u>is</u> there who has never heard, </p> <p class="i2"> About the Burdock and the Bird? </p> <p class="i2"> And yet how <u>very very</u> few, </p> <p class="i2"> Discriminate between the two, </p> <p class="i2"> While even Mr. Burbank can't </p> <p class="i2"> Transform a Bird into a Plant! </p> </div> </div> <SPAN name="image-0005"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p01b.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p01b.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="130" alt="Burbank." /></SPAN></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page1" name="page1"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0003" id="h2H_4_0003"></SPAN> <h2> The Clover. The Plover. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0006"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p02.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p02.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="295" alt="The Clover. The Plover." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Plover and the Clover can be told apart with ease, </p> <p class="i2"> By paying close attention to the habits of the Bees, </p> <p class="i2"> For en-to-molo-gists aver, the Bee can be in Clover, </p> <p class="i2"> While ety-molo-gists concur, there is no B in Plover. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page2" name="page2"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0004" id="h2H_4_0004"></SPAN> <h2> The Crow. The Crocus. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0007"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p03.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p03.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="235" alt="The Crow. The Crocus." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Some are unable, as you know, </p> <p class="i2"> To tell the Crocus from the Crow; </p> <p class="i2"> The reason why is just because </p> <p class="i2"> They are not versed in Nature's laws. </p> <p class="i2"> The noisy, cawing Crows all come, </p> <p class="i2"> Obedient to the Cro'custom, </p> <p class="i2"> A large Crow Caw-cus to convoke. </p> <p class="i2"> You <u>never</u> hear the Crocus croak! </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page3" name="page3"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0005" id="h2H_4_0005"></SPAN> <h2> The Rue. The Rooster. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0008"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p04.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p04.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="215" alt="The Rue. The Rooster." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Of Rooster the rudiment clearly is "<u>Roo</u>", </p> <p class="i2"> And the bird from the plant very probably grew. </p> <p class="i2"> You can easily tell them apart without fail, </p> <p class="i2"> By merely observing the Rue lacks de-tail. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page4" name="page4"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0006" id="h2H_4_0006"></SPAN> <h2> The Parrot. The Carrot. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0009"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p05.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p05.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="270" alt="The Parrot. The Carrot." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Parrot and the Carrot we may easily confound, </p> <p class="i2"> They're very much alike in looks and similar in sound, </p> <p class="i2"> We recognize the Parrot by his clear articulation, </p> <p class="i2"> For Carrots are unable to engage in conversation. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page5" name="page5"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0007" id="h2H_4_0007"></SPAN> <h2> The Pea. The Pewee. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0010"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p06.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p06.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="270" alt="The Pea. The Pewee." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> To tell the Pewee from the Pea, </p> <p class="i2"> Requires great per-spi-ca-city. </p> <p class="i2"> Here in the pod we see the Pea, </p> <p class="i2"> While perched close by is the Pewee; </p> <p class="i2"> The Pea he hears the Pewee peep, </p> <p class="i2"> While Pewee sees the wee Pea weep, </p> <p class="i2"> There'll be but little time to see, </p> <p class="i2"> How Pewee differs from the Pea. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page6" name="page6"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0008" id="h2H_4_0008"></SPAN> <h2> The Pelican. The Panicle. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0011"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p07.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p07.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="245" alt="The Pelican. The Panicle." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i4"> The Panicle and Pelican </p> <p class="i2"> Have often been confused; </p> <p class="i2"> The letters which spell Pelican </p> <p class="i4"> In Panicle are used. </p> <p class="i2"> You never need confound the two, </p> <p class="i4"> There are many ways of telling: </p> <p class="i2"> The simplest thing that one can do, </p> <p class="i4"> Is to observe the spelling. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page7" name="page7"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0009" id="h2H_4_0009"></SPAN> <h2> The Hen. The Lichen. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0012"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p08.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p08.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="225" alt="The Hen. The Lichen." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Lichens lie on rocks and bark, </p> <p class="i2"> They look somewhat like Hens: </p> <p class="i2"> Hens <u>lay</u>, they <u>lie</u>, we may remark, </p> <p class="i2"> A difference of tense. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page8" name="page8"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0010" id="h2H_4_0010"></SPAN> <h2> The Hawk. The Hollyhock. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0013"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p09.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p09.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="285" alt="The Hawk. The Hollyhock." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> To recognize this Bird-of-Prey, </p> <p class="i2"> The broody Hen you should survey: </p> <p class="i2"> She takes her Chicks on daily walks, </p> <p class="i2"> Among the neighboring Hollyhocks, </p> <p class="i2"> While with the Hawk association, </p> <p class="i2"> Is quite beyond her toleration. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page9" name="page9"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0011" id="h2H_4_0011"></SPAN> <h2> The Cow Bird. The Cowslip. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0014"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p10.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p10.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="260" alt="The Cow Bird. The Cowslip." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Growing in mires, in gold attired, </p> <p class="i2"> The Cowslip has been much admired, </p> <p class="i2"> Altho' its proper name, we're told, </p> <p class="i2"> Is really the Marsh Marigold: </p> <p class="i2"> The Cow Bird picture, I suspect, </p> <p class="i2"> Is absolutely incorrect, </p> <p class="i2"> We make such errors now and then, </p> <p class="i2"> A sort of cow slip of the pen. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page10" name="page10"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0012" id="h2H_4_0012"></SPAN> <h2> A Sparrer. Asparagus. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0015"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p11.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p11.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="255" alt="A Sparrer. Asparagus." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Sparrow, from flying, is quite out of breath, </p> <p class="i2"> In fact he has worked himself almost to death, </p> <p class="i2"> While the lazy Asparagus,&mdash;so it is said,&mdash; </p> <p class="i2"> Spends all of his time in the 'sparagus bed. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page11" name="page11"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0013" id="h2H_4_0013"></SPAN> <h2> The Tern. The Turnip. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0016"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p12.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p12.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="260" alt="The Tern. The Turnip." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> To tell the Turnip from the Tern, </p> <p class="i2"> A thing which everyone should learn, </p> <p class="i2"> Observe the Tern up in the air, </p> <p class="i2"> See how he turns,&mdash;and now compare </p> <p class="i2"> Him with this inert vegetable, </p> <p class="i2"> Who thus to turn is quite unable, </p> <p class="i2"> For he is rooted to the spot, </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page12" name="page12"></SPAN></span></p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> While as we see the Tern is not: </p> <p class="i2"> He is not always doomed to be </p> <p class="i2"> Thus bound to earth e-<u>tern</u>-ally, </p> <p class="i2"> For "Cooked to a turn" may be inferred, </p> <p class="i2"> To change the Turnip to the Bird. </p> </div> </div> <SPAN name="image-0017"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p13.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p13.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="145" alt="(tern looking at turnips in a pot)" /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Observe the Turnip in the pot. </p> <p class="i2"> The Tern is glad that he is not! </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page13" name="page13"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0014" id="h2H_4_0014"></SPAN> <h2> The Ole Gander. The Oleander. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0018"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p14.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p14.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="245" alt="The Ole Gander. The Oleander." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Gander loves to promenade, </p> <p class="i2"> Around the farmer's poultry-yard, </p> <p class="i2"> While, as we see, the Oleander </p> <p class="i2"> Is quite unable to meander. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page14" name="page14"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0015" id="h2H_4_0015"></SPAN> <h2> The Blue Mountain Lory. The Blue Morning Glory. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0019"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p15.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p15.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="245" alt="The Blue Mountain Lory. The Blue Morning Glory." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Blue Mountain Lory spends most of his time </p> <p class="i2"> In climbing about in a tropical clime; </p> <p class="i2"> We therefore our efforts need only confine, </p> <p class="i2"> To minutely observing the climb of the Vine. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page15" name="page15"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0016" id="h2H_4_0016"></SPAN> <h2> The Quail. The Kale. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0020"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p16.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p16.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="215" alt="The Quail. The Kale." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The California Quail is said </p> <p class="i2"> To have a tail upon his head, </p> <p class="i2"> While contrary-wise we style the Kale, </p> <p class="i2"> A cabbage head upon a tail. </p> <p class="i2"> It is not hard to tell the two, </p> <p class="i2"> The Quail commences with a queue. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page16" name="page16"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0017" id="h2H_4_0017"></SPAN> <h2> The Pecan. The Toucan. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0021"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p17.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p17.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="220" alt="The Pecan. The Toucan." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i6"> Very few can </p> <p class="i6"> Tell the Toucan </p> <p class="i6"> From the Pecan&mdash; </p> <p class="i6"> Here's a new plan: </p> <p class="i2"> To take the Toucan from the tree, </p> <p class="i2"> Requires im-mense a-gil-i-tee, </p> <p class="i2"> While <u>any one</u> can pick with ease </p> <p class="i2"> The Pecans from the Pecan trees: </p> <p class="i2"> It's such an easy thing to do, </p> <p class="i2"> That even the Toucan he can too. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page17" name="page17"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0018" id="h2H_4_0018"></SPAN> <h2> The Auk. The Orchid. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0022"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p18.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p18.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="225" alt="The Auk. The Orchid." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> We seldom meet, when out to walk, </p> <p class="i2"> Either the Orchid or the Auk; </p> <p class="i2"> The Auk indeed is only known </p> <p class="i2"> To dwellers in the Auktic zone, </p> <p class="i2"> While Orchids can be found in legions, </p> <p class="i2"> Within the equatorial regions. </p> <p class="i2"> The graceful Orchid on its stalk, </p> <p class="i2"> Resembles so the auk-ward Auk; </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page18" name="page18"></SPAN></span></p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> 'T is plain we must some means discover, </p> <p class="i2"> To tell the two from one another: </p> <p class="i2"> The obvious difference, to be sure, </p> <p class="i2"> Is merely one of temperature. </p> </div> </div> <hr /> <SPAN name="image-0023"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p19.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p19.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="180" alt="(An auk delivering a baby to an Eskimo)" /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> For Eskimos, perhaps, the Auk </p> <p class="i2"> Performs the duties of the Stork. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page19" name="page19"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0019" id="h2H_4_0019"></SPAN> <h2> The Cat-bird. The Cat-nip. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0024"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p20a.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p20a.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="150" alt="The Cat-bird. The Cat-nip." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Cat-bird's call resembles that, </p> <p class="i2"> Emitted by the Pussy Cat, </p> <p class="i2"> While Cat-nip, growing by the wall, </p> <p class="i2"> Is never known to caterwaul: </p> <p class="i2"> Its odor though attracts the Kits, </p> <p class="i2"> And throws them in Catniption fits. </p> </div> </div> <SPAN name="image-0025"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p20b.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p20b.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="130" alt="(A cat rolling in catnip)" /></SPAN></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page20" name="page20"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0020" id="h2H_4_0020"></SPAN> <h2> The Ibis. The 'Ibiscus. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0026"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p21.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p21.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="230" alt="The Ibis. The 'Ibiscus." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The sacred Ibis tells his beads, </p> <p class="i2"> And gravely from his prayer-book reads; </p> <p class="i2"> The Ibis therfore we may say, </p> <p class="i2"> Is classified a bird-of-prey. </p> <p class="i2"> 'Ibiscus we have heard related, </p> <p class="i2"> The "Crimson-Eye" is designated; </p> <p class="i2"> Their difference is plain indeed, </p> <p class="i2"> The flower is red, the bird can read. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page21" name="page21"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0021" id="h2H_4_0021"></SPAN> <h2> The Butter-ball. The Butter-cup. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0027"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p22a.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p22a.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="215" alt="The Butter-ball. The Butter-cup." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The little Butter-cup can sing, </p> <p class="i2"> From morn 'till night like anything: </p> <p class="i2"> The quacking of the Butter-ball, </p> <p class="i2"> Cannot be called a song at all. </p> <p class="i2"> We thus the flower may learn to know, </p> <p class="i2"> Its song is reproduced below. </p> </div> </div> <SPAN name="image-0028"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p22b.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p22b.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="45" alt="(Musical notation: Song of the Butter-cup)" /></SPAN> <br/> <SPAN href="images/m-p22b.mid"><small>[Hear this melody as midi.]</small></SPAN></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page22" name="page22"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0022" id="h2H_4_0022"></SPAN> <h2> The Bay. The Jay. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0029"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p23.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p23.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="230" alt="The Bay. The Jay." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Blue-Jay, as we plainly see, </p> <p class="i2"> Resembles much the green Bay tree: </p> <p class="i2"> The difference between the two, </p> <p class="i2"> Is ob-vi-ous-ly one of hue. </p> <p class="i2"> Though this is not the only way, </p> <p class="i2"> To tell the Blue-Jay from the Bay. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page23" name="page23"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0023" id="h2H_4_0023"></SPAN> <h2> The Pipe. The Snipe. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0030"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p24a.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p24a.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="215" alt="The Pipe. The Snipe." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Observe the common Indian Pipe, </p> <p class="i2"> Likewise the high-bred English Snipe, </p> <p class="i2"> Who is distinguished, as we see, </p> <p class="i2"> By his superior pedigree. </p> </div> </div> <SPAN name="image-0031"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p24b.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p24b.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="90" alt="Two crosses botonny bend sinister. Fess argent mantlets sable." /></SPAN></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page24" name="page24"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0024" id="h2H_4_0024"></SPAN> <h2> The Roc. The Shamrock. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0033"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p25.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p25.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="270" alt="The Roc. The Shamrock." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Observe how peacefully the Cows </p> <p class="i2"> Among the little Shamrocks browse, </p> <p class="i2"> In contrast with their actions frantic </p> <p class="i2"> When they perceive the Roc gigantic; </p> <p class="i2"> We need but watch thei<u>r oc</u>upation, </p> <p class="i2"> And seek no other explanation. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page25" name="page25"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0025" id="h2H_4_0025"></SPAN> <h2> The Lark. The Larkspur. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0034"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p26.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p26.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="225" alt="The Lark. The Larkspur." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Larkspur's likeness to the Lark </p> <p class="i2"> Is surely worthy of remark, </p> <p class="i2"> Although to see it we require </p> <p class="i2"> The aid of a small magnifier, </p> <p class="i2"> Which circumstance of course implies, </p> <p class="i2"> Their difference is one of size. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page26" name="page26"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0026" id="h2H_4_0026"></SPAN> <h2> Puffin. Nuffin. </h2> <SPAN name="image-0035"></SPAN> <div class="figure"> <SPAN href="images/f-p27.png"><ANTIMG src="images/i-p27.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="260" alt="Puffin. Nuffin." /></SPAN></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Upon this cake of ice is perched, </p> <p class="i2"> The paddle-footed Puffin: </p> <p class="i2"> To find his double we have searched, </p> <p class="i2"> But have discovered&mdash;Nuffin! </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page27" name="page27"></SPAN></span></p> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0027" id="h2H_4_0027"></SPAN> <h2> Author's Apology. </h2> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Not every one is always able </p> <p class="i2"> To recognize a vegetable, </p> <p class="i2"> For some are guided by tradition, </p> <p class="i2"> While others use their intuition, </p> <p class="i2"> And even I make no pretense </p> <p class="i2"> Of having more than common sense; </p> <p class="i2"> Indeed these strange homologies </p> <p class="i2"> Are in most flornithologies, </p> <p class="i2"> And I have freely drawn upon </p> <p class="i2"> The works of Gray and Audubon, </p> <p class="i2"> Avoiding though the frequent blunders </p> <p class="i2"> Of those who study Nature's wonders. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page28" name="page28"></SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />