CONTENTS. NOTE on the British Poets' general treatment of certain large NOTE on the Poets' treatment in detail of the Birds that are professedly most popular with them-notably the Eagle, Lark, Swan, Nightingale, Blackbird and Thrush, Cuckoo, Robin and Swallow-with some remarks on their apparent indifference to certain picturesque species, such as the Heron, CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS from the Poets on the general aspects of Bird-life in the following order :-The variety of Birds- Their habits-Song-Beauty of plumage-In the Morning -The Evening-At Night-And "Birds obscene"- In ESSAY on the Poets' treatment of the Birds in the above general I-17 |