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and other of the notes in the above song will be recognized in 
the words by Du Bartas (RS, Winter’s Tale, p. 319). 
“La gentille allouette avec son tire-lire 
“Tire lire a lire et tire-lirant tire 
“Vers la voute due ciel, puis son vol vers ee lieu 
‘ 1 Vire et desire dire adieu Dieu, 
‘ ‘ Adieu Dieu. ’ ’ 
Songs noted on the Tinakori hills, overlooking Wellington, 
differed somewhat from the above. They were composed chiefly 
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of combinations of the eleven phrases set down in (2). The 
song into which they enter was taken early in August, when 
spring, though delayed, was well on its way. Several sky¬ 
larks were singing at the time, but I could detect no 
difference in the notes, or in the combination of notes, 
according as the birds were ascending or descending; nor 
could I detect any relation between the beating of the 
wings and the number of notes. The tempo is rapid, 
about ten semiquavers to a second. The bird would mount, 
