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^Out to be rent with delight, ho again pours forth his 
"tttes with more softness and richness than before. He 
»ow soars higher, glancing around with a vigilant eye, 
assure himself that none has witnessed his bliss. 
'Then these love scenes, visible only to the ardent lover 
nature, are over, he dances through the air, full of 
Violation and delight, and, as if to convince his lovely 
?\&te that to enrich her hopes he has much more love 
store, he that moment begins anew, and imitates all 
'«e notes which nature has imparted to the other 
S °ngstcrs of the grove. 
“ For a while, each long day and pleasant night are 
'*his spent; but at a peculiar note of the female he 
peases his song, and attends to her wishes. A nest is 
o be prepared, and the choice of a place in which to 
! it is to become a matter of mutual consideration.” 
TU11DUS MIGRATORUS, WILS. AIERULA MIGRATURA, SW. 
THE ROBIN, OR liED-BREASTED THRUSH. 
The male of this species is one of the loudest and 
"hist delightful of the songsters that frequent the fur 
c ° Untries, beginning his chant immediately on his 
^ival. Dr Kichardson remarks, with great beauty 
jM feeling, “ His notes resemble those of the common 
,, r ush, but are not so loud. Within the arctic circle 
I ‘e woods are silent in the bright light of noon-day, 
St towards midnight, when the sun travels near the 
,, 0r izon, and the shades of the forest are lengthened, 
I* 1 ft concert commences, and continues till six or seven 
‘ n . the morning. Even in these remote regions, the 
Intake of those naturalists who have asserted that the 
lathered tribes of America are void of harmony, might 
fully disproved. Indeed, the transition is so sudden 
r °m the perfect repose, the deathlike silence of an 
j '-tic winter, to the animated bustle of summer ; the 
, ft«s spread their foliage with such magical rapidity, 
every succeeding morning opens with such agree- 
V ft accessions of leathered songsters to swell the 
Was — their plumage as gay and unimpaired as when 
