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     ()1’ PRINCE lCl)\\';\Rl) ISLAND. 
     
    
   
   
    
     INTRODUCTORY. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BIRDS have always been objects of interest to 
     
     mitnkiml. Our poetry is filled with references to 
     
     them. 
     
    

    
     They have been used to express the higher 
     
     spiritual aspirations: “Oh! that I had wings like 
     
     :1 dove, then would I fly away and he at rest.” 
     
    

    
     In the freedom of their woodland homes they 
     
     are the types of happiness. 
     
    

    
     “ Emblem of huppine», 
     
     lllest is thy dwelling place. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Oh! to alriile in the ilesert \\ith thee.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     In their elegance of form uml hrillianey of 
     
     coloring they arc the soul of beauty. Montgomery 
     
    
   
   
    
     has it: