THE LITTLE SONGSTERS. 109 



finch, once a great pet in our family, had been 

 trained to sin^ this : 

 But, true to the ft 

 bird instinct of 

 melody, he ren- 

 dered the last note B instead of A and slurred it to G. 

 The little yellowbird in his double chirp " slurs " 

 with even greater distinctness, 

 as follows : ^ 



But the happy little creature \\V |^ 

 that says " chee-ep " exactly like ' 



the canary also sings on the wing, and repeats the 

 slur with still greater emphasis. He dips along in 

 graceful undulations, high up in the air up and 

 down, up and down 8va.. 



and on each recov- . J/tfT^ f f 

 ery sings joyfully It]) T \' l I 



,-, j Chi- chic- kd- -ItA-'-ree 



thus: 



The yellowbird, it is safe to say, does the same 

 thino- the world over at sundown ; and when we see 



>"' V-""" 



Flight of the Yellowbird. 



him in company with the night hawk (only several 

 hundred feet below him), skimming the blue sky 



