To have a tail upon his head,
While contrary-wise we style the Kale,
A cabbage head upon a tail.
It is not hard to tell the two,
The Quail commences with a queue.

The Pecan. The Toucan.

[Illustration: The Pecan. The Toucan.]

Very few can
Tell the Toucan
From the Pecan--
Here's a new plan:
To take the Toucan from the tree,
Requires im-mense a-gil-i-tee,
While _any one_ can pick with ease
The Pecans from the Pecan trees:
It's such an easy thing to do,
That even the Toucan he can too.

The Auk. The Orchid.

[Illustration: The Auk. The Orchid.]

We seldom meet, when out to walk,
Either the Orchid or the Auk;
The Auk indeed is only known
To dwellers in the Auktic zone,
While Orchids can be found in legions,
Within the equatorial regions.
The graceful Orchid on its stalk,
Resembles so the auk-ward Auk;
'T is plain we must some means discover,
To tell the two from one another:
The obvious difference, to be sure,
Is merely one of temperature.

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[Illustration]

For Eskimos, perhaps, the Auk
Performs the duties of the Stork.

The Cat-bird. The Cat-nip.

[Illustration: The Cat-bird. The Cat-nip.]

The Cat-bird's call resembles that,
Emitted by the Pussy Cat,
While Cat-nip, growing by the wall,
Is never known to caterwaul:
Its odor though attracts the Kits,
And throws them in Catniption fits.

[Illustration]

The Ibis. The 'Ibiscus.

[Illustration: The Ibis. The 'Ibiscus.]

The sacred Ibis tells his beads,
And gravely from his prayer-book reads;
The Ibis therfore we may say,
Is classified a bird-of-prey.
'Ibiscus we have heard related,
The "Crimson-Eye" is designated;
Their difference is plain indeed,
The flower is red, the bird can read.

The Butter-ball. The Butter-cup.

[Illustration: The Butter-ball. The Butter-cup.]

The little Butter-cup can sing,
From morn 'till night like anything:
The quacking of the Butter-ball,
Cannot be called a song at all.
We thus the flower may learn to know,
Its song is reproduced below.

[Illustration]

The Bay. The Jay.

[Illustration: The Bay. The Jay.]

The Blue-Jay, as we plainly see,
Resembles much the green Bay tree:
The difference between the two,
Is ob-vi-ous-ly one of hue.
Though this is not the only way,
To tell the B