...cottage to pick up the proffered crumbs, have been truly described by Thomson : — • . " Then hoppiug o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders wbcrc ho is." This bird seems at times to have indulged some whimsical fancies as to the situation...

...the household-gods, Wisely regardful of the' embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thiekets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then,...

...k.ave» His fhivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, ho first 250 Agauisi the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'or the floor, Eyes all tlie smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is;...

...a bright and natural view of such an incident :— Half afraid, he first Against the window beata ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping...o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance. The statement of GW that a superstition of ill-luck on the subject prevails in England differs from...

...One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His aanual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights Ou the warm hearth...

...gives us a very exact and animated description of this bird in the following lines : - Half afraid, he first Against the window beats : then, brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping on the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is,...

...the household-gods, Wisely regardful of the' embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thiekets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then,...

...One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping...

...of severity. The Redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering...hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table...

...becomes more particu* larly domestic. It is then " He pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where lie is; Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs Attract bis slender feet." 'The note of other birds...