Songs Without Words 



Travelers in the Canary Islands say that the wild 

 canaries there are by no means so skilled musicians 

 as the caged singers. Doubtless the bird's voice has 

 been improved by cultivation as much as his feathers, 

 which, originally, were greenish gray and brown, 



The chief American songster a young Mocking-bird 



when canaries were first imported into Europe in 

 the sixteenth century. Nevertheless, our own wild 

 songsters show almost, if not quite, as much diversity 

 as the caged canaries when we concentrate our study 

 on the music of a single species. 



How many people who have spent their lives in 

 the country recognize all the songs and calls even of 



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