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rich variety of our bird's notes, though we imagine 

 that Coleridge's poetic description of the singing 

 will, after all, better convey some idea of it, to 

 any wlio may never have chanced to listen to 

 the niglitingale's song. Happily, only the task of 

 penning it down falls upon tlie writer, or the 

 difficulties of pronouncing it might deter from any 

 effort. " Tioti, tioti, tioti, tiofi — Spe, tioti, squa — 

 Tio, tio, tio, ti6, tio, ti6, tio, tix — Coutio, coutio, 

 coutio, coutio — Squo, squo, squo, squo — Tzu, tzu, 

 tzu, tzu, tzu, tzu, tzu, tzu, tzu, tzi — Corror, tiou, 

 squa, pipiqui — Zozozozozozozozozozozozo, ziiThad- 

 ing — Tsissisi, tsissisisisisisis — Dzorre, dzorre, dzorre, 

 dzorre, hi — Tzatu, tzatu, tzatu, tzatu, tzatu, tzatu, 

 tzatu, dzi — Dlo, dlo, dlo, dlo, dlo, dlo, dlo, 

 dlo — Quio, tr n-rrrrrr itz — Lu, lu, lu, lu, ly, ly, 

 ly, ly, lie lie lie lie lie. Quio didl li lulylie — 

 HagmT, gurr, quipio — Coui, coui, coui, coui, qui, 

 qui, qui, gai, gui, gui— Goll, goll, goU, goll, guia 

 hadadoi — Couigui, horr, ha diadia dill si — Heze- 

 zezezezezezezezezezezezezezeze couar ho dze hoi — 

 Quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, ti — Ki 

 ki, ki, 10, 10, 10, ioioioio ki — Lu ly li le lai la leu 

 lo, didl 10 quia — Kigaigaigaigaigaigaigai guiagai- 

 gaigai couior dzio dzio pi." 



