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Cuarrincn (Fringilla coelebs). 
This was the favourite cage song-bird in Germany. Twelve distinct 
songs were recognized and named, and of these twelve the second, fourth, 
sixth, and ninth had two varieties, the seventh and eighth had three, and 
the fifth had five varieties—all named. The names were apparently given 
for varied vocalizations as well as for different themes, and the bird wa 
a favourite not only on account of his vigorous, cheerful song, but also 
on account of his bold bearing and fine colouring. The usual call-note 
is, as in (1), a single note, or in sets of two or three, uttered sharply at 
chip-chip-chip chip-chip 
су Chimp 
Fehr- ehe Feb ha eh Behe fehiu pews 
the rate of about five a second. This is probably the call fink, which is 
said to have given the bird its name. The most usual song about 
Wellington is (2), a chromatic drop of varied interval followed by a pause 
and a fin ouri ied vocalization. This song occupies from 
a second and a half to two seconds in utterance. In (3) is shown a 
characteristic terminal flourish. 
HEDGE-WARBLER, OR HEDGE-SPARROW (Accentor modularis). 
ness in the song, and much of it appears to sung in à a 
absent-minded way, there are many phrases that are apparently the result 
of a wakening perception of melody in the bird, and not of blind accident. 
their like may be repeated. The phrase (2), for рь, sung in 
about d, was repeated many times · 
Between We oed Phe (3), and its variant (4) were repeated 
in a similar way for minutes at a time. Whilst there is little variation 
in the outline of (D), the strain contains a definite theme, and it is in 
perfect common time, warbled allegro, the octave slur and the vibrato 
ing altern: . There is a curious elusiveness in the tempo 
my apa Seg eg ы ond note of the triplets: the 
The tempo is quite definite 
