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then changing into a new note by an unexpected transi- 

 tion ; now seeming to renew the same strain, then 

 deceiving expectation. She sometimes seems to mnrmnr 

 within herself; and then her song bursts forth full, 

 deep, sharp, swift, drawling, trembling ; now at the 

 top, the middle, and the bottom of the scale. In short, 

 in that little bill seems to reside all that melody which 

 man has vainly laboured to bring from a variety of 

 musical instruments. Some even seem to be j^ossessed 

 of a different song from the rest, and contend Avith 

 each other with orreat ardour." 



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