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of New England. The bird had probably 

 another name, for his tail may have been 

 a half inch longer, or his coat a half shade 

 darker or lighter, than our bird, but his voice 

 was the same, his manners were the same, 

 and his heart, I am sure, was the same as 

 his brother's across the continent. 



