Oh to be a little bird and spread my graceful wings
Across the bleak and grey winter skies I could soar and sing
Far away, I would fly, until I found the warmer days of spring
Then further on, I would soar, because I'm just a silly thing
Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Agelaius phoeniceus | Sturnella magna
Plate XXIX | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)