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AWAKENING OF BIRDS. 
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the bounty and providence of the Supreme Being’ 
which is cheaply purchased by the tedium of nh'. e 
months of winter. The most verdant lawns and cuh 1 ' 
vatcd glades of Europe, the most beautiful production 8 
of art, fail in producing that exhilaration and joy 0“ s 
buoyancy of mind which we have experienced 
treading the wilds of Arctic America, when the 1 ’’ 
snowy covering has been just replaced by an infant b 11 
vigorous vegetation. It is impossible for the travel^ 
to refrain, at such moments, from joining' his aspiraf i‘ ,l,S 
to the song which every creature around is poui'lfs 
forth to the great Creator.” 
We may add, many naturalists, as Catesby, Buff 0 ®’ 
Sparrman, award to tropical birds the greatest brillia> lf b 
and beauty of plumage, but deny them the melody u ; 
voice, or song. It is certainly true that many of the w* 15 
beautiful birds, as parrots, toucans, spoonbills, cueko®! 
&c. have a coarse and unmelodious voice, yet it WO 11 ^ 
be unfair, from this circumstance, to deny the pon'C 0 
song altogether to the feathered inhabitants of 
tropical regions. Hernandez, Sloane, Clavigero, U11 0 "' 
Molina, and Azara, mention birds, natives of Jam»' c9 ' 
Mexico, and South America, known for their melodic'.' 
song. Forster also informs us, that many small bit® 
in Otaheite have considerable extent and power of s° Ilr ' 
It has been remarked, that those wild birds which cof 
in contact with man, and often hear the human voi cC ’ 
have their note or song improved. 
Awakening of Birds. — Early Morning. 
The awakening of our British Birds, and the ear^ 
morning of England, are thus beautifully sketched 3 
Mr Knapp: — j 
“ At one period of my life, being an early waller , t 
riser, my attention was frequently drawn ‘ to song s 
earliest birds;’ and I always observed, that tbe^ 
creatures appeared abroad at very different periods, 
