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V;etweeii coppices, would set the birds all round singing, and they 
will do their song several times right through. 
I now give Mr. Davy's reading; of the song of the nightingale. 
The song is commenced l>y " wheeling and kurring," which may 
tlius be written : — 
" Wheet, "vvheet, kurr, k-u-ii-r-r-r.'' 
The song after tliat commences : — 
" Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, 
Jucr, jug, juo-, jug, jug, 
Swot, swot, swot, swott}^" 
They lie a h)ng time on these notes, finishing up with " swot- 
ting and kurring." The song must be pronounced with great 
inflexions {crcscenclo-diniiniiendo, 1 think the lady pianists call 
it), es])ecially modify the "sweet, sweet," and pronounce it in a 
plaintive manner. The "jug, jug, jug," is quick, like a dog 
barking. 
Bechstein, the German naturalist, has also put the song of the 
nightingale into words. He writes : — " The song of the nightingale 
is so articulate that it may very well be written." This is Avhat 
Beclistein makes of it. 
" Ti'iu, tioii, tiou, tioii 
S}>e tiou s(|iia 
Tio, tio, tio, tio, tio, tio, tio, tex, 
Coiitio, coiitio, coiitio, coiitio, 
Tzu, tzii, tzii, tzu,.tzy/' 
and so on for twenty more lines. I much prefer Mr. Davy's 
version of the nightingale's song as given above. 
The following is the return of the "soft-meat" birds caught by 
]\Ir. Davy's men in April, 18*73. This \Aas a very late year 
for arrivals. " Gales " means nightingales : — 
Catchings, April, 1873— ! Catchiiigs Apiil, 1873 — 
April 9, 3 Titlarks i 31, 21 Gales for turning 
10, 8 „ I down, cocks and liens 
12, 7 „ May 2, 15 Gales, 2 Blackcaps 
18, 6 Gales, 5 Titlarks ' 4, 7 Blackcaps 
. 19, 5 Gales ' 6, 8 Gales, 2 Blackcaps 
22, 9 Gales, 7 Eedstarts 7, 24 Gales to turn down 
23, 16 Gales, 9 Wliincliats, Total gales, 158. 
11 Redstarts,2Wheatears Lost by deaths, 1873, in "meating 
24, 11 Gales off" the above birds : 
25, 18 Gales, cocks and hens, i 64 Gales 
for turning out , 10 Titlarks 
26, 13 Gales | 2 Blackcaps 
27, 1 Blackcap ! 4 Eedstarts 
i8, 12 Gales C. K. Davy. 
