The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-13
..L1stehi 70 the n1oellng BIRD y,

Some OF our editorial confreres are
glorifying our great Southern song bird,
and we take pleasure in aiding to spread
hiB fame. COL. bennett, of the New
Iberia Banner and Times, thus immor-
talizas q. knocking bird belonging to Mrs.
Qoinri. OF Washington, Parish OF st.
Landry:
Mrs: Quinn takes great pleasure in her
climbing vines in front of her humble
dwelling, her beautiful flowers, and her
a1nEing birds. And she has one of the
most remarkable mocking birds we have
ever seen or heard aing. He is proud
and Spodceited .asi a peacock; Keeps his
person aa neat as a. dancing master, and
outsinga:anything we have ever heard.
!. He:hag o. powerful voice, sings almost
d9Gaasingly by day, and sings much in.
the night Perhaps Mrs. Quinn gave
him hint that if he, did his best he
might get:a notice In the Banner. He
eingH so loud that he often Interrupts
CONGREGATION near him. We listened to
HIM .aEte ntively, and noticed him well.
MosEpe0ple do not realize the wonder
fol Sharaete of these birds. Their mu-
sio Eopsiats Of merely brief specimens of
oil sthe:i singing birds of the country.
iSoI4etmes they will linger upon single
specimen and repeat the notes several
ttmes While listening attentively, we
!: recognized The notes of the canary bird,
the yellow: bird, red bird, black bird,
bobolink. zblne jay, kingfsher. robin,
cat bird, sparrow, wren, the young bird
crying for food, the swallow, partridge
or quail, the lark, and even the sound Of
the wopdpecker's bill on the hollow tree,
and many other notes which doubtless
initiated dysbifds Of which we have no
knoWledga. is curious to see little
month and throat. and little set of
igngsi produce :suoh perfect limitations
OF such q variety of birds.
The male knocking bird is the vocalist
the the! !; female never sings. With his
stomaoh well stored with the yellow of
boiled egg and boiled Irish potato, he
can Qut;sing Jenny Lind.
Aa9 9sMr; Ieet. OF the AbbeyiIIe (La.)
FIdgs has this to say of an unknown
Warbieri .Vermilion Parish:
Globe TO the Methodist Church. and
near: o1r tranquil bayou, the broad
branches Of lonely oak droop over q
cluster OF unmarked graves. AS regu-
iariy as the day RETURNS, mocking bird
perchesi tself upon one of the boughs that
overhang a particular grave, somewhat
isolated from the rest, apd sings his
changing, plaintive song, in the sweetest
bat saddest- strains we ever heard. Aa
We Listen TO ~. Miss 3Hawthorn,s exaui-
site Listen to, the. Mooking Bird.
eroRde.upon:onr memory, together with
HoHmansi .lhimitable variations OF it's
inin1ttable air IN q land where the
maSn6llh does, not bloom, and where the
mocking bird wns never known to sing.
IN long days that are now fading. We
hrstheafd She words and music Of th;a
matyhtesssn nteee. which. awakened in our
neaE1aAa irresistible longing for the
conntrysw here the'genuine mocker oaye
ms; MS :QWn O. Wild; rhapaodies to the breeze.
we cannotshnt think thnt the rude little
moola o. Clay rsposes on the breast of
somebody dGrlihg," and perhaps he,
-eighannssthtda moment ''I'm dreaming
noTsof9 Hh)Ieyi sweet Halleyl swoet
Haltsy AZ q The knocking bird is sing.
iH4 0eFs sAerkgraYe.lf. lf.1...i.s III IA ,.sl.-t
9 9Longtsllnwrsin Subscribing the pasaaoe
OF his AfcR1 1iap HEROINE: Eyanuel;ne. m
thetTeoie. sthtns9 9aside from bis m nnrra.
tive,fana -deynteg 9 whole"parngraph to
the&swildaat soi, sinHersi" { tt ie q rnes.
sell siiaestFatiSh e aS of ths poets Descriptive
"Thsn 3s9na & neishSo.ing thioaet tho NOOK
ing b3rdi Wtidehtlo of singers. y. !. 80 1. -
swln9tp gyal9fti on awlll0w spray that hung
Shook ffoa his iittle throat sucll foods of do
That the whole air and sthe woods and The
:, wayeH Seemed silent 10 iistoh;fl ".,' -
fislntive at arst were the top ea.and sad; ther,
ooaIlnS tOinAAdnehB ~! ss5.,Slst z t.st..'S