MY PET WOOD THKUSHES. 213 



Hezezezezezezezezezezezezezezezeze couar ho dze hoi. 

 Quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, ti. 

 Ki, ki, ki, 'io, i'o, 10, ioioioio ki. 

 Lu ly li le lai la leu lo, didl i'o quia. 

 Kigaigaigaigaigaigaigai guiagaigaigai couior dzio dzio pi.* 



" If we could understand the sense of their words, we should 

 doubtless discover the expression of the sensations of this 

 delightful songster. It is true that the nightingale of all 

 countries, the South as well as the North, appears to sing 

 in this same manner; there is, however, as has been al- 

 ready observed, so great a difference in the degree of perfec- 

 tion, that we cannot help acknowledging the one has great 

 superiority over another." 



Now if any one will take the trouble to whistle or hum 

 over this song, they will find it to resemble, in all respects 

 except intensity, the natural song of our mocking bird. The 

 splendor and power of the new monarch cannot be expressed 

 in syllables, its infinite variety is beyond the command of the 

 gamut. 



* However difficult or even impossible it may be to express this song 

 upon an instrument, (excepting, however, the jay call, made of tin, on 

 which is placed a piece of birch cut in a cross, and which is held be- 

 tween the tongue and palate,) yet it is very true that the accompaniment, 

 of a good piano produces the most agreeable effect. ATJTHOK. 



