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Botanical Gardens unless otherwise specified. The varied phrase (26) was 

 heard in Crieff Street on the 25th August, 1915 ; (26a) was there repeated 

 many times, and again in various parts of the Kaiwarra Valley on the 7th 

 and 8th September of that year. In (26a) the triplets rise instead of falling, 

 and the place of the middle quaver is taken by a pause and semiquaver. 

 When at a distance the theme ended at the double bar ; but when near the 

 bird a faint note followed, so that it is probable the faint note always fol- 

 lowed when the phrase was repeated. When at a distance, too, the triplets 

 often sounded like a single note. No. (27) is a variant of (26a), heard on the 

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pairs instead of triplets, and the final soft note was a slur, vocalized tiu 

 (tee-oo). The phrase was often repeated many times in succession. The 

 pitch and the final note were varied as in (27a) on the 29th October, 1915 ; 

 and, again, these opening pairs were at times triplets. The pairs often 

 sounded when the bird was close at hand, and there was then no intermediate 

 faint note : the value of the notes was rigidly observed by the bird. The 

 phrase (28), heard on the 23rd October, 1915, usually opened with a few 

 indeterminate notes, the phrase itself being several times repeated with 

 these opening notes omitted. It was varied on the same day as in (28a). 



