OUK NATIVE SONGSTERS. 



ClIAPTKIl I. 

 rnRUsnES — dlackbirdss — fikldfare — redwing — 



GOLDKN ORIOLE. 



All untnrc is full of music. Gentle winds whis- 

 jKT it as they rustle throii^^h the summer leaves; 

 and the autumnal pralc wakens loudtT and wilder 

 melodies as it iKiwsdown the branches of the forest 

 trees. The tricklinj^ waterfall and the pattering 

 rain-drops arc musical ; and ri])pling streams and 

 dashing: waves send forth sweet or ^^rand harmonies. 

 All inanimate nature seems pourini^ forth its anthem 

 from earth to heaven. 



Hut if tliis is the ease with rinwin;^ waters and 

 careering winds, how is it more esj>ecially so witli 

 utterances which convey the inward feeling. How 

 mu-^ical are the tones of the human voice, not 

 alone when expressed in song, but when used to 



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