TIMALIA PILEATA. 



constructs its nests in the hedges ; it is one of the social birds which delight to dwell 

 in the neighbourhood of cultivation. In large forests I have not observed it. Its 

 flight is low and interrupted. Wherever it resides, it is a welcome neighbour, in 

 consequence of the peculiarity and pleasantness of its note. This consists of a slow 

 repetition of the five tones of the diatonic scale (C D E F G), which it chants 

 with perfect regularity, several times in succession, and at small intervals of time. 

 The sixth tone is sometimes added ; but as this requires apparently an extraordinary 

 effort, it is by no means so agreeable to a musical ear as the simple repetition of 

 five notes, which appears to be the natural compass of the organs of the bird. 



