WHEN come the leaves and buds of spring
Then comes the swift-winged quail:
But ever quits our western lands
Before the winter pale.
R—THE RHINOCEROS.
DOWN to the waterside to drink,
Within the jungle's shade,
Has come the huge Rhinoceros,
In knotty hide arrayed.
BLACKBIRDS AND YOUNG.
A
country lad having taken the nest of some blackbirds containing young ones, made off with it, but was closely pursued by the parents, who tried to peck his face so as to make him give them up. Mr. Jesse relates a similar instance, where a pair of old birds followed a boy into a house, pecking at his head while he was carrying off one of their young ones. People little think of the misery they cause when they rob the birds of their nestlings.