THE LITTLE SONGSTERS. 



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finch, once a great pet in our family, bad been 

 trained to sing this : 

 But, true to tbe 



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bird instinct of 

 melody, he ren- 

 dered the last note B instead of A and slurred it to G. 

 The little yellowbird in bis double chirp " slurs " 

 with even greater distinctness, 

 as follows : 



But the happy little creature 

 that says " chee-ep " exactly Hke 



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Chee 



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the canary also sings on tbe wing, and repeats the 

 slur with still greater emphasis. He dips along in 

 graceful undulations, high up in the air — up and 

 down, up and down „ ^ 



— and on each recov- 

 ery sings joyfully 

 thus : 



Chi - chic- ka ■ -Ad 



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The yellowbird, it is safe to say, does the same 

 thing tbe world over at sundown; and when we see 



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Flight of the Yellowbird. 



him in company with tbe night hawk (only several 

 hundred feet below him), skimming the blue sky 



