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INTRODUCTION. 







Mellowness 

 of Tone, 

 Nightingale 19 

 Skylark - 4 - 

 Woodlark - 18 - 



Spright- 

 liness. 



14 



19 



4 



- 



Plaintive-, 

 ness. 

 19 - 

 4 - 

 17 - 



Com- 



pass. 



19 



18 



12 



Exeeu- 

 tion. 



- 19 



- 19 



8 



Titlark 



12 



_ 



12 



_ 



12 - 



12 



- 12 



Linnet 



12 



. 



16 



_ 



12 - 



16 



- 18 



Goldfinch - 



4 



- 



19 



_ 



4 - 



12 



- 12 



Chaffinch 



4 



_ 



12 



. 



4 - 



8 



8 



Greenfinch - 



4 



- 



4 



> 



4 - 



4 



6 



Hedge Sparrow 

 Aberdevine - 



6 

 2 



- 





 4 



- 



6 - 



- 



4 

 4 



4 



4 



Redpole 

 Thrush 







4 



- 



4 

 4 



- 



- 



4 - 



4 



4 



4 

 4 



Blackbird - 



4 



- 



4 



- 



- 



2 



2 



Robin 



6 



_ 



16 



_ 



12 - 



12 



- 12 



Wren 







t 



1? 



■? 



0. . 



4 



4 



Reed Sparrow 

 Blackcap, or > 

 Norfolk Mock < 





 !l4 



• 



4 

 12 





- 

 12 - 



2 



2 



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From tills table, and this gentleman's opinion, 

 we beg leave to differ, as we have heard the notes 

 of all the birds he has mentioned ; and this differ- 

 ence of opinion either arises from om' not fully 

 comprehending the terms he has used, or from a 

 dissimilarity of taste and feeling. 



We are aware that amateurs of song-birds may 

 have favourite warblers, or may prize the song of 

 one bird above that of another ; but we cannot un- 

 derstand why the honom*able author, in appear- 

 ance at least, seems to have confounded and mis- 



