FAMILY Fr/ngWUae. 



hill dnd pasture gay 



And again a fourth bird rounds off the tune to some- 

 thing like its proper proportions. 



cres. 



But the birds are not content to let "well enough alone 

 and still another fellow puts in his song thus : 



to prevent anything which might seem like a finale. 

 For men and musicians may come and go with all their 

 fine theories about cadences and cadenzas what does 

 the little bird know of these I His one idea is melody- 

 unrestricted melody such as he is accustomed to hear in 

 the songs of his associates ; probably he does not suspect 

 that these have been handed down to them through a 



