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قراءة كتاب How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, and other Wood-cuts A Revised Manual of Flornithology for Beginners
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How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, and other Wood-cuts A Revised Manual of Flornithology for Beginners
class="i2">The Plover and the Clover can be told apart with ease,
By paying close attention to the habits of the Bees,
For En-to-molo-gists aver, the Bee can be in Clover,
While Ety-molo-gists concur, there is no B in Plover.
The Ole Gander. The Oleander.
The Gander loves to promenade,
Around the farmer's poultry yard,
While as we see, the Oleander
Is quite unable to meander:
The Gardener tied it up indeed,
Fearing that it might run to seed.
The Hen. The Lichen.
Lichens, regardless of conventions,
Exist in only two dimensions,
A life restricted to a plane,
On rocks and stones a greenish stain,
They live upon the simplest fare,
A drop of dew, a breath of air.
Contrast them with the greedy Hen,
And her most careless regimen,
She shuns the barren stones and rocks,
And thrives upon the garbage box.
The Pelican. The Panicle.
The Panicle and Pelican have often been confused,
The letters which spell Pelican, in Panicle are used.
If you recognize this Anagram you'll never go astray,
Or make the careless blunder that was made by Mr. Gray.
The Pea. The Pewee.
To tell the Pewee from the Pea,
Requires great per-spi-ca-city.
Here in the pod we see the Pea,
While perched close by is the Pewee;
The Pea he hears the Pewee peep,
While Pewee sees the wee Pea weep,
There'll be but little time to see,
How Pewee differs from the Pea.