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3. HASTINGS RIVER, New South Wales. 

 e it e e 



j j 



e e i 



I 



Tenterfleld, New England, in New South Wales. 

 4. i i e e e 



Ifl) J 







m 



5. Various localities. 



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.or cu pauiw. 



(biz zum feinsten Unterschied der Tone und mit der genauesten Wiedergabe 

 der rhythmischen Bewegung). 



He says that he wrote his brother that the German birds,"m comparison 

 with the Australian singers, were mere bunglers (Stumper), and adds that 

 he did not have occasion to alter his opinion later on. Three times he 

 mentions the point of rhythm. The litany of the owls is intoned in 

 exact rhythm (im strengsten Rhythmus). This paper, meritorious as it 

 is isolated in the annals of the most musical of nations, is heartily com- 

 mended to all readers, especially to those that question whether " the little 

 bird-songs are melodies, are music." 



The songs from one to eleven are those of various unknown songsters. 

 Number three is reported as exceptional in its sweetness and tenderness 

 (Lieblichkeit und Zartheit), and is sung in strict rhythm, each tone being 

 delivered with singular precision. The letters e and i, over the notes, 

 indicate the breathing, exhaling and inhaling. 



Number twelve is the song of a bird the colonists call the " soldier " or 

 " leather-head," and is described as containing in itself a world of melan- 



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