The bobalink iz a blak bird with white spots on him.
They make their appearanse in the northern states about the 10th ov
June, and commence bobalinking at once.
They inhabit the open land, and luv a meadow that iz a leetle damp.
The female bird don't sing, for the male makes noize enuff for the whole
family.
They have but one song, but they understand that perfektly well.
When they sing their mouths git az phull ov musik az a man's duz ov
bones who eats fried herring for brekfast.
Bobolinks are kept in cages, and three or four ov them in one room make
just about as mutch noize az an infant class repeating the
multiplikashun table all at once.