I always love myself the best.

I may be greater, never less,

So now, young Merrys, please to guess.

194. My first is a kind of tippet, my second a Latin preposition, my third is exact, my fourth is a conjunction, and my whole is what my first was named after.

195. a My first (in sound), second, and whole are birds.
b My first, second, and whole are plants.

196. Both my first and second (in sound) are found in the scale. Entire, I am a term of praise.

197. Transpose a coin into some bonds of union.

198. Transpose a bird into an animal.