Smi 8* 



(which is incomparably more exact than our 

 Western calendar in regard to nature-changes 

 and manifestations), begins to sing the tsuku- 

 tsuku-bdsbi. This creature may be said to sing 

 like a bird. It is also called kutsu-kutsu-bosbi, 

 cboko-cbffko-uisu, tsuhu-tsuhu-bosbi, tsuku- 

 tsuku-oisbi, all onomatopoetic appellations. 

 The sounds of its song have been imitated in 

 different ways by various writers. In Izumo the 

 common version is, 



Tsuku-tsuku-uisu, 

 Tsuku-tsuku-uisu, 

 Tsuku-tsuku-uisu : 



Ui-osu 



Ui-osu 



Ui-6su 



Ui-os-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-su. 



Another version runs, 



Tsuku-tsuku-uisu, 

 Tsuku-tsuku-uisu, 

 Tsuku-tsuku-uisu: 



Ghi-i yara ! 



Chi-i yara ! 



Chi-i yara ! 



Chi-i, chi, chi, chi, chi, chiii. 



But some say that the sound is Tsukush- 

 koisbi. There is a legend that in old times a 



