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within call, — the angel of the spring ! Fair and inno- 

 cent, yet the offspring of the earth. The color of the 

 sky ahove and of the subsoil beneath. Suggesting what 

 sweet and innocent melody (terrestrial melody) may 

 have its birthplace between the sky and the ground. 



[See also under Chipping Sparrow, p. 298 ; Warblers, 

 p. 359; Robin, p. 391; General and Miscellaneous, pp. 

 403, 425.] 



