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it liberty ; the caufe of which I fhall endeavour 
hereafter to explain. 
Thole who live in the country, on the other 
hand, do not hear birds fing in their woods for 
above two months in the year, when the con- 
funon of notes prevents their attending to the 
fong of any particular bird ; nor does he con- 
tinue long enough in a place for the hearer to 
recollect his notes with accuracy. 
Betides this, birds in the Spring fing very 
loud indeed ; but they only give Ihort jerks, 
and fcarcely ever the whole comp a is of their 
fong. 
For thefe reafons, I have never happened 
to meet with any perfcn who had not redded 
in London, whofe judgment or opinion on this 
xubiect I could the lead: rely upon ; and a Wrong- 
er proof of this cannot be given, than that mcft 
people who keep Canary-Birds do not know 
that they fing chiefly either the Tit-Lark or 
Nightingale’s notes L 
Nothing, however, can be more marked than 
the note of a Nightingale called its jug, which 
mofl of the Canary-birds brought from theTyroi 
com men' y. have, as well as lev era! Nightingale 
I once law two of theje birds which came from the Ca- 
nai y ID.nds ; neither of which had any fong at ail; and I ’ 
b iei1 informed, that a flap brought? a great -many of 
then;, not long intcc, , which fang as little. 
