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17 . J — 2oc. 19 . J— 180. 
20. J zr 200. 
be materially enhanced. This imperfect part of the song is also 
in more regular time than I have heard save in the short, loud 
melodies, which are strikingly regular, and of which I will speak 
further on. 
Regarding this s ft song, I am not yet sure that the bird has more 
than one ; but I suppose that he has, since his repertory of short, 
ringing melodies is so large. These latter are easily studied, 
because they are audible at such a distance as to enable one to 
avoid approaching so near as to alarm the singer. It is not so 
with the soft song, and to hear it well one must run the risk of 
