How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and Other Woodcuts

Robert Williams Wood · 1917

Year established 2026-08-20 from the title page of cu31924027175250, which reads How To Tell The Birds From The Flowers / A Revised Manual of Flornithology for Beginners / Verses and Illustrations By Robert Williams Wood, and from Gutenberg 33346, which prints Copyright 1917 / By Duffield and Co. The catalogue record on the same scan is PN6161 .W63 1917, Duffield and co., New York, 1917. The Standard Ebooks colophon also states 1917. Membership is the Standard Ebooks spine, which follows that 1917 revised edition and then appends four poems the 1917 contents omit, taken from Animal Analogues (1908): The Coot; The Bandicoot, The Pitcher Plant; The Fly-catcher, The Yellow-hammer; The Saw-fish, and Author's Add-end-'em. The 1917 printed contents list the forty-six pair-poems from The Burr; The Bird through Naught; Nautilus and do not list the Intro-duc-tion, which the book still prints and which was extracted.

Numbers are the poem's position in the book.

  1. 1Intro‑duc‑tion 1917
  2. 2Burr; Bird 1917
  3. 3The Crow; The Crocus 1917
  4. 4The Clover; The Plover 1917
  5. 5The Ole Gander; The Oleander 1917
  6. 6The Hen; The Lichen 1917
  7. 7The Pelican; The Panicle 1917
  8. 8The Pea; The Pewee 1917
  9. 9The Parrot; The Carrot 1917
  10. 10The Rue; The Rooster 1917
  11. 11The Hawk; The Hollyhock 1917
  12. 12The Pecan; The Toucan 1917
  13. 13The Cat‑bird; The Cat‑nip 1917
  14. 14The Quail; The Kale 1917
  15. 15The Auk; The Orchid 1917
  16. 16The Cow Bird; The Cowslip 1917
  17. 17The Butter‑ball; The Butter‑cup 1917
  18. 18The Roc; The Shamrock 1917
  19. 19A Sparrer; Asparagus 1917
  20. 20The Blue Mountain Lory; The Blue Morning Glory 1917
  21. 21The Tern; The Turnip 1917
  22. 22The Larks; The Larkspur 1917
  23. 23Cross Bill; Sweet William 1917
  24. 24The Ibis; The ’Ibiscus 1917
  25. 25The Pipe; The Snipe 1917
  26. 26The Jay; The Bay 1917
  27. 27The Gent‑ians; The Lady‑bird 1917
  28. 28Puffin; Nuffin 1917
  29. 29The Bee; The Beet; The Beetle 1917
  30. 30The Bunny; The Tunny 1917
  31. 31The Puss; The Octo‑pus 1917
  32. 32The Eel; The Eelephant 1917
  33. 33The Ant; The Pheas‑ant 1917
  34. 34The Hare; The Harrier 1917
  35. 35The Pen‑guin; The Sword‑fish 1917
  36. 36The Gnu; The Newt 1917
  37. 37The Ray; The Raven 1917
  38. 38The Ape; The Grape 1917
  39. 39The Doe; The Dodo 1917
  40. 40The Pipe‑fish; The Sea‑gar 1917
  41. 41The Elk; The Whelk 1917
  42. 42The P‑cock; The Q‑cumber 1917
  43. 43The Sloe; The Sloth 1917
  44. 44The Cow; The Cowry 1917
  45. 45The Antelope; The Cantelope 1917
  46. 46The Pansy; The Chim‑pansy 1917
  47. 47Naught; Nautilus 1917
  48. 48The Coot; The Bandicoot 1917
  49. 49The Pitcher Plant; The Fly‑catcher 1917
  50. 50The Yellow‑hammer; The Saw‑fish 1917
  51. 51Author’s Add‑end‑’em 1917