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.
[Illustration: PLYMOUTH ROCK FLOCK.
CHICAGO:
A. W. MUMFORD PUBLISHER.]