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WOOD NOTES WILD. 



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20. Signal for flight. 







Chick -y ick-y chick -y eu, Chick -y ick-y chick-y eu. 

 21. Sept. ai, cold and rainy. ^ 



f 



P C" C r C * E E 



" ^ b ^ +=* 





lEtr-tr-S- 



oe, oe, 



oe, up, up, up. 



From these examples it will be seen that bird-music is 

 akin to our own; the same intervals are used, those of 

 'the major and minor keys. No. 7 brings to mind the 

 first half of an old melody sung by the spinning-girls fifty 

 years ago, as a substitute for counting, while reeling 

 yarn : 



All a - long, all a - long, all a - long, all s - long, 



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all 



long, all 



long link turn loo. 



