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varies his song as to its time, the notes being sometimes 

 fast and sometimes slow. The cirl's song is always the 

 same in this respect, and is always a more rapid song 



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than that of the other species. So rapid is it that, 

 heard at a distance, it acquires almost the character of 

 a long trill. In quality, too, it is the better song 

 clearer, brighter, brisker and it carries farther; on 



