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sound. What would I not give to know just where 

 he passed the winter, and what adventures by flood 

 and field befell him ! 



(I will add that the bird continued in song the 

 whole season, apparently confining his wanderings 

 to a few acres of ground. But the following spring 

 he did not return, and I have never heard him 

 since, and if any of his progeny inherited this pe- 

 culiar song I have not heard them.) 



