180 WOOD NOTES WILD. 



Nightingale and his Rivals. — Contin. 



Barrington's Table of Comparative Merit of British 

 Singing-Birds. 



(The point of perfection is 20.) 



Mellow- 

 ness of 

 Tone. 



Sprightly 

 Notes. 



Plaintive 



Notes. 



Compass. 



Execu- 

 tion. 



Nightingale 



Skylark 



Woodlark 



Titlark 



Linnet 



Goldfinch 



Chaffinch 



Greenfinch 



Hedge-sparrow .... 



Aberdevine or Siskin . 



Redpole 



Thrush 



Blackbird 



Robin 



Wren 



Reed-«parrow .... 



Blackcap, or the Norfolk 

 Mock Nightingale . 



19 

 4 

 18 

 12 

 12 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 2 

 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 

 



14 



14 



19 



4 



12 



16 



19 



12 



4 







4 



4 



4 



4 



16 



12 



4 



12 



19 



4 



17 



12 



12 



4 



4 



4 



6 











4 







12 











12 



19 



18 



12 



12 



16 



12 



8 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



2 



12 



4 



2 



14 



19 



18 



8 



12 



18 



12 



8 



6 



4 



4 



4 



4 



2 



12 



4 



2 



14 



