SoxGs AXD Call iYotes. lyg 



that have a similar sound to his utterances. The 

 following- lines represent to my ears the sound of a 

 Thrush's sono- : 



Hear, hear, hear. 

 Wicked Mick, wicked Mick, 

 Pay thy debt, pay thy del^t. 

 Quite right, .|uite right, 

 i'^y V'^Y pay. 

 Ves I do, yes I do. 

 Feat, feat, fiddlestick. 

 Tit tit titty tit. 

 Quartet, quartet. 



The famous Scottish naturalist MacgilHvray ren- 

 dered it beautifully in the following- words: 



''Dear, dear, dear 



Is the rocky gleu : 

 Far away, far away, far away 



The haunts of men. 

 Here shall we dwell in love 

 With the Lark and the Dove, 

 Cuckoo and Corn-rail, 

 Feast on the banded snail, 



Worm and gihled tly : 

 Drink of the crystal rill 

 Winding adown the hill, 

 Xever to dry. 

 With glee, with glee, with glee, 



Cheer up, cheer u]), cheer up, here 

 Xothing to harm us, then sing merrily, 

 fSuig to the loved ones wliuse nest is near : 

 Qui (|ui qui kweeu (^uip, 

 Tiurru tiurru chijiiwi. 

 Too-tee, too-tee, chiu choo, 

 Chirri chirri chooee 

 Quiu qui (lui." 



