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same order again and again, but, as if inspired, in 
a changed order, with variations and new sounds: 
and here again it has some resemblance to the sky- 
lark’s song, and might be described as the lark’s 
song with endless variations and brightened and 
spiritualized in a degree that cannot be imagined. 
White-banded mocking-bird. 
This mocking-bird is one of those species that 
accompany music with appropriate motions. And 
just as its song is, so to speak, inspired and an im- 
provization, unlike any sone the bird has ever 
uttered, so its motions all have the same character 
of spontaneity, and follow no order, and yet have a 
grace and passion and a perfect harmony with the 
