How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers
    Is quite unable to meander.

    The Blue Mountain Lory spends most of his time

    In climbing about in a tropical clime;

    We therefore our efforts need only confine,

    To minutely observing the climb of the Vine.

    The California Quail is said

    To have a tail upon his head,

    While contrary-wise we style the Kale,

    A cabbage head upon a tail.

    It is not hard to tell the two,

    The Quail commences with a queue.

    Very few can

    Tell the Toucan

    From the Pecan—

    Here's a new plan:

    To take the Toucan from the tree,

    Requires im-mense a-gil-i-tee,

    While

     any one

    can pick with ease


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