TIMALIA PILEATA. 
constructs its nests in the hedges ; it is one of the social birds which delight to dwell 
in the neighbourhood of cultivation. In large forests I have not observed it* Its 
flight is low and interrupted- Wherever it resides, it is a welcome neighbour, in 
consequence of the peculiarity and pleasantness of its note. This consists of a slow 
repetition of the five tones of the diatonic scale (C D E F G), which it chants 
with perfect regularity, several times in succession, and at small intervals of time. 
The sixth tone is sometimes added ; but as this requires apparently an extraordinary 
effort, it is by no means so agreeable to a musical ear as the simple repetition of 
five notes, which appears to be the natural compass of the organs of the bird. 
