The blujay iz the dandy amung birds, a feathered fop, a jackanapes by
natur, and ov no use only tew steal korn and eat it on a rail.
[Illustration: THE BLUJAY.]
They are a misterious bird, for I hav seen them solitary and alone in
the wooded wilderness, one hundred miles from enny sighns ov
civilizashun.
Az a means ov diet, they are just about az luxurious az a biled indigo
bag would be, such az the washwimmin use tew blue their clothes with.
The blujay haz no song--they kant sing even "From Greenland's Icy
Mountains;" but i must sa that a flok ov them, flying amung the
evergreens on a kold winter's morning, are hi colored and eazy tew look
at.
It iz hard work for me to say a harsh word aginst the birds, but when i
write their history it iz a duty i owe tew posterity not to lie.