ORGANS OF VOICE. 



character, sometimes of uniform diameter throughout, 

 at other times gradually swelling towards the middle, 

 or with roundish enlarged cavities, as in the tufted 

 and golden-eye Ducks, though these enlargements 



are more frequently at the end of the tube. The 

 first of the annexed figures represents the tube, the 

 second the horny cavity, and the third, twisted 

 windpipe, is that of the Crane, which is singularly 

 bent, as it enters within the breast bone ; the cleft 

 end is the internal termination ; the other its junc- 

 tion with the mouth. 



It would be needless to dwell upon the infinite 

 variety of notes of birds, but a few of the most 

 striking deserve notice. 



In this country we find, indeed, few peculiarities, 

 but nevertheless there are some. Thus, every body 

 knows that Jackdaws, Starlings, and Magpies, may 

 be taught to speak words, like Parrots ; but near a 

 clergyman's house, in Northamptonshire, a Blackbird 

 was in the habit of crowing constantly, as accu- 

 rately as a common cock, and nearly as loud. 

 Perched upon the top bough of an ash-tree, it might 



