70 WILD NATURE IN STRATHEARN. 



pipes forth with lusty voice his rich, full, and 

 clear notes on the first dawn of early spring 

 morn. Macgillivray gives a good imitation of 

 the song 



" With glee, with glee, with glee, 

 Cheer up, cheer up, cheer up ; here 

 Nothing to harm us ; they sing merrily, 

 Sing to the loved ones whose nest is near, 

 Qui, qui, qui, kween, quip, 

 Tiurru, tiurru, chipiwi ; 

 Too-tee, too-tee, chin choo, 

 Chirri, chirri, chooee, 

 Quiu, qui, qui." 



The song is composed of sentences or multiple 

 of notes repeated, after which comes a subdued 

 warble. For richness and sweetness we have 

 no bird that comes near it, and for grandeur and 

 execution the Mavis has no equal. " After some 

 of those full, clear, and spirited notes with which 

 he at all times opens his song, he will rapidly 

 hurl forth the most imperious calls, many of 

 them in wondrous metallic chimes ; then, as if 

 suddenly catching himself, give out those sweet, 

 undulating, glassy-toned strains of conciliation 



