How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, and other Wood-cuts


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How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, and other Wood-cuts is a book by Robert Williams Wood. It presents the reader with a manual for flornithology; the classification of the resemblance between certain birds and flowers.







How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, and other Wood-cuts


Book Description

How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, and other Wood-cuts is a book by Robert Williams Wood. It presents the reader with a manual for flornithology; the classification of the resemblance between certain birds and flowers.













How to Tell the Birds From the Flowers, and Other Wood-Cuts


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Excerpt from How to Tell the Birds From the Flowers, and Other Wood-Cuts: A Revised Manual of Flornithology for Beginners The works of Gray and Audubon, Avoiding though the frequent blunders Of those who N ature's wonders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and Other Woodcuts


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From the Intro-Duc-Tion By other Nature books I'm sure, You've often been misled, You've tried a wall-flower to secure. And picked a hen instead: You've wondered what the egg-plants lay, And why the chestnuts burred, And if the hop-vine hops away, It's perfectly absurd. I hence submit for your inspection. This very neiw and choice collection. Of flowers on Stork and Phlox of birds. With some explanatory words. Not everyone is always able To recognize a vegetable, For some are guided by tradition, While others use their intuition, And even I make no pretense Of having more than common sense. Indeed these strange homologies Are in most flornithologies, And I have freely draw upon The works of Gray and Audubon, Avoiding though the frequent blunders Of those who study Nature's wonders.




Animal Analogues: Verses and Illustrations


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This book is a collection of short poems about animals, written in a manner meant to amuse the readers. Some of the included titles are 'The Ant—The Pheas-ant', 'The Gnu—The Newt', 'The Doe—The Dodo', and 'The Elk—The Whelk'. Here's an excerpt from 'The Ant—The Pheas-ant': "The Ant is known by his ant-ennae / Where-as the pheas-ant hasn't any / And that is why he wears, instead / A small red cap upon his head."