MY PET WOOD THRUSHES. 
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Hezezezezezezezezezezezezezezezeze couar ho dze hoi. 
Quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, quia, ti. 
Ki, ki, Id, 10, 10, lo, ioioioio ki. 
Lu ly li le lai la leu lo, didl lo quia. 
Kigaigaigaigaigaigaigai guiagaigaigai couior dzio dzio pi.'*' 
" If we could understand tlie sense of their words, we should 
doubtless discover the expression of the sensations of this 
delightful songster. It is true that the nightingale of all 
countries, the South as well as the North, appears to sing 
in this same manner; there is, however, as has been al- 
ready observed, so great a difference in the degree of perfec- 
tion, that we cannot help acknowledging the one has great 
superiority over another." 
Now if any one will take the trouble to whistle or hum 
over this song, they will find it to resemble, in all respects 
except intensity, the natural song of our mocking bird. The 
splendor and power of the new monarch cannot be expressed 
in syllables, its infinite variety is beyond the command of the 
gamut. 
* However difficult or even impossible it may be to express this song 
upon an instrument, (excepting, however, the jay call, made of tin, on 
which is placed a piece of birch cut in a cross, and which is held be- 
tween the tongue and palate,) yet it is very true that the accompaniment 
of a good piano produces the most agreeable effect. — Author. 
