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the grounds of one gentleman, and in sight of the 

 windows ; for which, as I told him, he ought to have 

 been transported. 



It is a pleasure to add that, in spite of such per- 

 secution, there are still many copses within a short 

 distance of London where the wonderful song of 

 the Nightingale may be heard throughout the summer 

 evenings. 



In the ' Monthly Magazine ' for April, 1858, will 

 be found (pp. 211, 212) an interesting article on the 

 management of Nightingales, by a gentleman at 

 Highgate, who was very successful in rearing these 

 birds. 



BLACKCAP, Sylvia atricapilla. An annual summer 

 visitant, but not common, arriving early in April, 

 and leaving about the last week of August. It has 

 been called the contralto singer among birds, and 

 this title is certainly not undeserved. Its song- 

 occupies about three bars of triple time ; and, 

 although frequently repeated, is somewhat varied in 

 every repetition. Unlike that of some other birds, 

 it is not commenced high and gradually finished 

 diminuendo, but, on the contrary, it begins with two 

 or three short double notes, gradually crescendo, up 

 to a loud and full burst of song. This passage fre- 

 quently occurs : 



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