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MORNING SERVICE OF SONG. CHAP. vii. 



bough of the tree he salutes the newborn day. And 

 when all the rest of the birds have ended their daily 

 service of song and retired to rest, he still continues 

 to tune his mellow throat, until darkness has fairly 

 settled down upon the earth. 



" After the Skylark and Blackbird have heralded 

 the coming day, the Thrush rises from her couch and 

 pours out her melodious notes. The Chaffinch, the 

 Willow-wren, and all' the lesser songsters, then join 

 the choir, and swell the chorus of universal praise." 



FRASERBURGH. 



