y all flew.

[Illustration: "So they fill'd all their crops, &c."--_Page 10._]

Then long live the PEACOCK, in splendour unmatch'd, [p 11]
Whose Ball shall be talk'd of, by Birds yet unhatch'd,
His praise let the TRUMPETER loudly proclaim,
And the GOOSE lend her quill to transmit it to Fame.

NOTES.

Page 4. l. 15. _The Rip._] A machine used in poultry-yards, under which
it is usual to confine the mother bird with the young brood, till it has
acquired strength to follow her. The word is derived from the Saxon,
_Hrip_, meaning a covering, or protection, for the young.

P. 5. l. 13. _The Taylor Bird (Motacilla Sutoria)._] So called from the
singular manner in which it constructs its nest, which is composed of
two leaves, sewed together with wonderful skill, by the little taylor,
whose bill serves him for a needle, and the fine fibres of leaves
furnishes him with a substitute for thread, and by which means he
attaches a dead leaf to a living one, growing at the end of a branch.
The Taylor Bird is an inhabitant of India.

P. 5. l. 17. _The Golden-crested Wren (Motacilla Regulus)._] Is the
smallest of the British birds; it takes its name from a circle of
gold-coloured feathers, bordered with black, forming an arch above its
eyes, which it has the power of raising or depressing: it is a native of
every part of Europe, and is also to be found in Asia and America.

P. 5. l. 19. _Halcyon, or Kingfisher, (Alcedo-irpedo)._] Esteemed the
most beautiful of our native birds; but its form is clumsy, and its
bill very disproportionate to its size. It inhabits the banks of rivers
and streams, where it will sit for hours, on a projecting branch,
watching for its prey. The ancients relate many fabulous stories of this
bird, as that of its laying its eggs in the depth of winter, and that
during the time of its incubation the weather remains perfectly calm,
whence the expression _Halcyon Days_.

P. 6. l. 2. _Cuculus Indicator._] A Bird of the Cuckoo kind, found in
the interior parts of Africa; it has a shrill note, which the Natives
answer by a soft whistle; and the Birds repeating the note, the Natives
are thereby conducted to the wild Bee-hives, which this Bird frequents.

P. 6. l. 5. _Cassowary._] A large singular bird, found in the Island of
Java, in Africa, and the southern parts of India. The head of this bird
is armed with a kind of natural helmet, extending from the base of the
bill to near half