ANDERSEN.—New Zealand and other Bird-song. 771 
of August, 1917. The following close of a song by McGillivray we 
illustrates the vocalization of the notes :— i 
Qui, qui, qui, kweeu, quip, 
Tiurru, tiurru, chipiwi, 
Too-tee, too-tee, chiu choo 
irri, chirri, chosee, 
Quiu, qui, qui. 
SKYLARK (Alauda arvensis). 
Browning says of the thrush, “ He sings each song twice over,” he refers 
to the phrases—not to the song. There is not nearly the variety in the 
lark’s song that there is in the thrush’s, nor has it the wide range of the 
thrush ; in fact, it is surprising how few notes make up the inspiring song. 
In August, 1917, I sat on the uplands of the Tinakori Hills listening to the 
larks, and secured, I think, all the phrases used by one singer (1) А-к. The 
notes are rapid—about ten semiquavers a second. Many birds were 
singing, and though I watched and listened long, and have done so in many 
irrespective of po 
are vocalized, and differently vocalized, as shown. Pauses, slurs, vibratos, 
staccato notes, hurryings, and slackenings—all lend charming variety to 
the few notes employed. It has also been said that the notes keep time 
to the beating of the wings: I have been able to detect no such corre- 
spondence. The manner of combination of the phrases is shown in (3), 
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