The Yellow‑hammer; The Saw‑fish + 

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.” + 