Coxens Parakeet, 1st drawing by SD (1)

Tifteen Years' Shooting in of Black Duck.-This is the bird, p-foaui'ued.rrrlclllronrceqr --_1-!
Australia. our -A,ustralian wilcl fowl, and is ,l;, ,
tlaihcnieoducnso"leotantsiinoegs,d.hryaTvtuinswgesicgirhrprsb"ucbprilirtudo,s36.{ivl'bIo'hsre',oyaf nlaidtsyisofrrodv.mne.-
The National Assoeiation,

f-.he The scyrbe-lif," r"hirlo"(pgh"fed*cinlygiBrrgthgeutlfcdaorfe air ! Mn. J. Bnurror Smrarss has, at our request,
b.adtong pl[rrge writlen the following verses on the opening of
the forthcoming National Society's Exhibition.
ttti9hpocPp{ilre,r,ttrss!c9.klixuTssohp.e,-orAwertsshimsicthahnenosmewtraobilkuillebdolsesnpaliyirneenscthdouoitltaiolntllgmv"tthruhrenielmslistkaffriornr,d,rr 10 to 14 eggs, and_ build their nesis iu long
gress near water, and in hollow trees that offer i Our readers will, we tbink, agree with us that
suitable place. From a nest in a tree thev take the poem is worthy to rauk among tbe best of
ymtahneuedacyrhuson.auctneLghiikonomenetesh[hedaeoswwsiawfntaetonhrn,,etayihhlieehdairlrdirbt:lktailvsceek]dsidn. uieoncntkeihtsebfiiorirrenoteneaesnt.: its author's det*cheil pieces :-
as no fat adheres to iL, no matter h,ow lat the
bird may be. There are two kirids, the brorru
pelican and the white one, Ut,th about rhe same OPENING IIYMN.
size, ard of the sanre b,rbiis. Ar a distance ,rn and cover the eggs with rlown picked i"o- tU"i"
the water they l,,ok like sm,rll white boats have with While uations joining gifts
own breasts; and. I shot swans Their fanes of Art adorn,
sailing otsbnceeasracpewplyr.r[oaalnecyrhgduoofwtoounbaeetnsaeemlvlcyfrr,eolavmwdutohcrriksnJrcevaditu.hsayeno.duOnsugo
high. aboub, [,eing very Luoyant, rnd floating Ilear, Lolrl, the lowly voice that lifts
They neuei aitu 6sh-t eins. li The sung of the youngest-born.
fact. quite unable dive
brrt the long rreck tu force tLem.elve" ,,riiu. ,
rnd the irnmense bill reach through alIkinds of eunning ichemes to'lure tf,e The gifts of the youngest-born,

down a considerable distancc, and thougb a dangeraway, while the yuing oues eitherhide l_V--hlYaet spreadthem forth to Thee,-
c)umsy and- awkrvard bird, tbe-v catch ium"ense them.:el.ve-s rnost elf'ect[ally, or swim atvr1y out toil hath wrought, what skiil hat-
numbers of fish. Once t,be hsh is intu Lhc rnto tbe deep water, in rvhich it taught,
is impossible to ,
ga.lrleaotvbeargwaitrt,ahchheindr,toforthtehelobwierrdmcaanuilkibelee,pitbimis c;rtch thenr, as they dive anrl siay under a lons ' lYhat !'reedom hath brought the free.
t_irne. No sport"rrrarr worrlrl ever i-ntertere irilb i
safcly, rnd su,a[]ow at leisrrre. I.B[*lhbfsai..v*eh,Iapsu"sst"mmit,warrol"tlt sIhz]tlaktfld]"nifrro..grrery4Laileelrrytnlmdvlc,p!airkk-tsnItaawheyoga-bcaalcrrtantrtightyu.tuarcmei1doc-vhcirseuulseev2yrtonl.gbdrfoereJchipcaenslronnekouvotdnusr.nwwn.wgssrrodoFr.tNhidelutronre1ouoruonngrr.Bbng.eleedawwyg-sq3daeab,auiatrt[eoiasigtrhbnlnrarurmriuiyenkaeroklltderiga{ehuimutlssgxtEe-gdseirsouldau.lsiauli,uhusieennccauseois"bpskfcl,rftouetatho,e3foh.donL;fa=NneuI""h1l,tevdo,;icergnafra.ykbc1li;shirei.-5e;tyr,-sbach;vltiuioten;l"baeiret;rscniu,rvirnA.lcri."reredeoalribtst".ihrcoccl"livtas_rnAeoh*rs"v.. No si,orieil name rve vaunt,
igtralrlvloancssfuolfl,lvarinlntderarinfitsqohthoef Nor martial trophies raise;
bas of I
2zllbb's; o,,r No battle-riven bonners flrunt
chance of erel gel,ting out again. [n swallowins. Tbe triumphs of other days.
tlrurvs up-bis be"ad, "goivfetsheabsargrdi,u1t#o
the bird_ the fi.h is thrown out But triumpbs of peaceful days
jerk, and Adonr our jubilee:

the. capacious throat, and glide* away inio the Here toil and skill Thine ends fulfil,
dcreoogmnioepnlsaacndeonewtslryrcebheaedploipnwyg,lavwnmrbl iecleorintIothereriroteupdes.licaaascnr'iifolorh:o.eksThhaaeds 'lYith hands that from blood are {iee.

I ywgstpsruewlairtrhr,lrautc,gdlnaee2nsnNia-..dwnoerdIed;rnria2;qlltcusabbbsih-nrmeheoedossogtftio,ionpanoouwgstwInehiiwltddlaitseilkrteerheiclflafas.beenstcaaareduts_l,ulni_.laaE'ygp"le.nelgkeriti-ri*cefIip.alsnee"ennrdtg"sun,acur'epa"balre2stuttnrii-ioortbdancgotlahler0=rer,eo- 1vurk, and taving ;Ltboirdthceomsepo.lrotswmnadneat.hl risrnfa"ar \Ye pile the arms of Peace,
mure satr8iactoly-
wound,ect one at all times- FIer trophies manifold,

Her ploughshare-sworcls, her shields of fleece,
fler almour of bloodless golcl.

Our treasures of fleece and g- okl

W'e consecrate to Theg
IA-ith choicest yield oi fruitfrrl ffeltl.
|r:1Irlbac:ps:rootl,no1,n'lehe1l]:uyswst:r4uPfr.rttrr0['t"rcnrso:la.1yatloe*irknec*nte-algeigiFt,nl.mhcr.eel.t-e.oddeh.nnyfrmtkoTeaseelircoperrrlr.hrtogal.f-yreex.inelt-at.Sslpsehiey.grgBeAc-d,tcibrrruvl.rbtuiuegpteeo.uxs;fanertiicuta,rhctfitrsehlorlenraio&tlnada,gr.lmLoig*tcaetNqif,.rsnnr6a,urocmutb0ila.or&ssebouuanhi3guscljtsb,ieotipe.yiio,crNetusuestt,ufid;airhtnh"s.io"dtigbo"aafgit,uoJrlobyae"ttoAlNsienats*htohs-Jg.sc"so.kmeh;i;.at"ialb;an.Jbwrtir.l;stgilohuo;r,e;fdiricr;solioekr,ia6rf .{ud spoil from the forest-tree,
tshheotsiknint,heanndectbkisorisleaafda, tyiloolrbajerectliioabnl.e to snril
1Ve bless Thee for our land,
A loose
cbarge of No. 3 will kiII a pelican at 50 varils.
They fly very slowly, and ar-e easil-v sbot 6u the F_oBrr_flooac{kssttrheaamt rsoaamnd gladdening riilg
or ev'ry hiud,
rwarln)gy.falytsauerehasaonnajmblemednisstaencbeei;ghbtu, testhpeecyiagiieynein_
muvirg from une ground to an6ther. tlrat ra."lv For herds on a thousand Lills,

From all its thousand hills

can \aingshaotrdbewahrayditatrethpeearnte.dTlyhse6vrtaraet, reli, Our 1*ud doth call to Tbee,
cun Siiil do Thou bless wthiethfrehea.pp- iuess
anh
j,i;;il;;;retiuire.a good This youngest of

rally fish in
rleal of manouvring. They g"leinner.- J. Bnuxrox SrxpEEng,

numbers, soins ;'lI in "a
p)unging their beaks duwn-andup whiie moving
hwalroittdnhgtlhh.veeemirrycfriusanhpniuindpgl-,yto.I Before getting acquaintej a^etsst,cln!psr---oeor[oe,smtrossrsarn,qmtcnwagaerednadby.psabrhgttyehogoteeetnhcdrlsabedn2iers5.ndryhe.sbochlloaktwitscsinekigisogbdh,iuacredceltodk"srngtsae7,.iwi,n,i5llti*vlthlnhbeupdsusrbe.idextfoeetirtfrtl".lav.rta-"bhinoinljaEe;egjl
have lain in imbrish, anrl
within 30 yards, and re-
tkfrinoaoinnwesd.nulffrtohqitnhgeshaboboirtorinlugtiu, istsp,oeacbstusttoy&owsuhab,t-shtheqtrphir"eetitlreynohupse*rratyo-
*lLoulte'h"na"a,;feu,u,r*seomolethoenecotouDctar,vrfr.yf"t]h:o;;;;:..b:,t':.,jf:ii;ii;:;";;J
"L"sqke-_dyagdd"'ieasn''-dvirgsohreouusolyu,i

l[,y;L,ffhimself on his escape.-
of range he gets Lp anit z

Tnohirsioulibtttlecon,iiugrsaetu,ia, tidnigE
me oDce or twice, but no adventurous pelican
ever after esmped to tell the tale. I have , No.certairr tirue can-be established as the
known pelicars to fly so long on a hot day as to rooottfrotrfrCTeghe,nr:-l:rrulrdvlu.pasnahella:oe:aee"cf"ru"tme,,ltrido<rs.1oeorrpeptsrceLt,rl1nN.-ohtnerntlrs,ebtjwee.sec8wif.crwyrrl_dorevdeewarlrrswroco.lshsnerseeceiu.eSigsgsfar:ncaaaleq:ooloogsrbqsm.sliun*uonuaetmmucirtetend,atewtaoi,,hatosuwerotyolcniitqetoafitnWneohetTsdtthn.alrpr.adihaswsofadrrufhalt.l,eoIuetheebhcioomhstrigrseksac.sfgeasashevtuhghnpulne,hvieeurcop.tirnttbedIronnehhpesotyei.t,bgdovgereitcoseil;srqeianir.fdaoibeiu,.urmigugitgnesitihnI;n-kitgeeueose;toowann;ne1umtrti;toh,hat.r"t.*,sipueesw,r;"mjentagi;o.firIoaslcn;;ekavnicsp;-tieirr;r..ed#dpt'ci;*o;iialgooanu"leo;ei"snirseo;snf;'io.;i;"fitonet;t"ihtahihh;shdo,oiej._eiesenr;i z l-i
become exhausted and glicte- gently dowi quite inneTxIh)j-rewisi.Ql,lcuhceaoepnnsttealarinndismerr.oaretbieorfoa".brttiioeuf ,o_n;ie,Rb;u"t;;t;he
helplessly, so that you iould ialk'up and c'at"h -t !

uuthppeowmna.rtdh_seThfiieney1dcbsiracovlfeeasgirure.nrrttTilphotehweselyor moafarecwhimnogef,r.aeanpsd6pieisccoakansr .1:
is alive with a species of trpe-worm-qui."e a
fbliovirre_dityhisewr"pigturgorpluinobsgleeidaosIwsaisotshfis"ttirhne6gaiuwdrio*gs1e,mibtsiou,'t,n,wI obnerethtvheeerr !i

could ascertain. The bird is verv arvkward on cF! '
land, autl walke somewhat like au inebriated
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