250 Observations on three British Species of Warblers. 
inseparably connected. Let the orator therefore persevere; ina 
few days every apparent obstacle will be sufficiently surmounted. 
_ Exercises of Time and Forte. 
[Although the first syllable of our musical solfay, ‘* do,’’ (the o 
whether long or short being always sounded as in “ 0”’) is in- 
variably used in these examples; yet the orator should exer- 
cise himself in add the long sounds of our language, viz. a (as 
in all), a (as in father), e (as in deign), e (as in meet), 7, 0; 
o (as in move), wv, 02, ov. Our short vowels too, as well as the 
long ones, may be exercised in their proper places. ] 
Note—The forte, or more properly the comparatively forte syl- 
lables of the following table are printed in 2éalics: and according 
to the local situation of these, the feet are uniformly nwmbered. 
Dissyllable Feet. 
Pyrrhic Ist. do—do Iambus Ist. do—do 
2d. db—do 2d. di—do 
Trochee Ist. do—di Spondee Ist. do—do 
2d. do—do 2d. do—do 
Trisyllable Feet. 
Dactyl Ist. do—dd—di Molossus Ist. do—do—do 
2d. do—dd—db do—ds—do 
3d. do—do—déd 3d. do—do—do 
Anapest Ist. do—d6—do | Cretic lst. dd—do—do 
: 2d. di—do—do | 2d. do—do—do 
3d. do—ds—di | 3d. dd—dd—da 
Amphibrach lst. do—do—di Bacchie Ist. d¢—d6—do 
2d. ddi—do—di | . db—ds—do 
dd. do—do—do | 3d. d6o—do—dé 
Tribrach Ist. d¥—di—di || Antibacchiclst. do—do—d6 
2d. do—d—dd 2d! do—do—do 
3d. db—d6—do 3d. do—do—di 
[If the ordinary practitioner should find these lessons too diffi- 
cult, let him consult some intelligent musician. They can and 
must be executed without whine or drawl.] 
[To be continued.] 
XXXIX. Observations on three British Species of Warblers ; with 
a view to a more accurate Discrimination of them, and the 
consequent Elucidation of Calendars of Natural History. 
By 'T. Forster, M.B. F.L.S. 
Tus numerous family is divided into a great variety of kinds, 
many of which differ so much from each other as to justify us, in 
the artificial arrangement of Natural History, if we should regard 
them 
