The Yellow-Hammer, or the Flicker,

More briefly "Golden-winged Wood-picker",

My drawing of which striking bird

May seem to you perhaps absurd,

You even may suspect I stole

The idea from some Totem-pole:

But when you gaze upon the Fish,

You lose all patience and say "Pish!

I don't believe you ever saw

A Saw-fish look like this, Oh Pshaw!

There certainly is some mistake,

This is a saw-did Nature fake,

In fact a perfect cata-clysm

Of fishy Yellow-journalism."